Published 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

Enlightening the CSL model landscape in inflation

  • 1. CONICET, Godoy Cruz 2290, 1425, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • 2. Grupo de Cosmología, Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque S/N, 1900, La Plata (Argentina)
  • 3. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Description

We propose a novel realization for the natural extrapolation of the continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) model, in order to account for the origin of primordial inhomogeneities during inflation. This particular model is based on three main elements: (i) the semiclassical gravity framework, (ii) a collapse-generating operator associated to a relativistic invariant scalar of the energy-momentum tensor, and (iii) an extension of the CSL parameter(s) as a function of the spacetime curvature. Furthermore, employing standard cosmological perturbation theory at linear order, and for a reasonable range within the parameter space of the model, we obtain a nearly scale invariant power spectrum consistent with recent observational CMB data. This opens a vast landscape of different options for the application of the CSL model to the cosmological context, and possibly sheds light on searches for a full covariant version of the CSL theory.

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09851-w

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
1434-6052
CODEN
EPCFFB

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