Published May 22, 2008
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Journal article
CMB anisotropies and inflation from non-standard spinors
Creators
- 1. Department of Mathematics, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom)
- 2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
Description
The apparent alignment of the cosmic microwave background multipoles on large scales challenges the standard cosmological model. Scalar field inflation is isotropic and cannot account for the observed alignment. We explore the imprints, a non-standard spinor driven inflation would leave on the cosmic microwave background anisotropies. We show it is natural to expect an anisotropic inflationary expansion of the Universe which has the effect of suppressing the low multipole amplitude of the primordial power spectrum, while at the same time to provide the usual inflationary features
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.04.008Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2008.04.008;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0710.2003v4;
- PII
- S0370-2693(08)00437-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 663
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 168-171
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40046855
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANISOTROPY; EXPANSION; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; MULTIPOLES; RELICT RADIATION; SCALAR FIELDS; SPINORS; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIONS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.