Published May 22, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

CMB anisotropies and inflation from non-standard spinors

  • 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.2008.04.008

Additional 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

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.