Published September 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Following the primordial perturbations through a bounce with AdS/CFT correspondence

  • 1. Nanjing University, Department of Physics, Nanjing (China)

Description

A bounce universe model, known as the coupled-scalar-tachyon bounce (CSTB) universe, has been shown to solve the Horizon, Flatness and Homogeneity problems as well as the Big Bang singularity problem. Furthermore a scale invariant spectrum of primordial density perturbations generated from the phase of pre-bounce contraction is shown to be stable against time evolution. In this work we study the detailed dynamics of the bounce and its imprints on the scale invariance of the spectrum. The dynamics of the gravitational interactions near the bounce point may be strongly coupled as the spatial curvature becomes big. There is no a prior reason to expect the spectral index of the primordial perturbations of matter density can be preserved. By encoding the bounce dynamics holographically onto the dynamics of dual Yang-Mills system while the latter is weakly coupled, via the AdS/CFT correspondence, we can safely evolve the spectrum of the cosmic perturbations with full control. In this way we can compare the post-bounce spectrum with the pre-bounce one: in the CSTB model we explicitly show that the spectrum of primordial density perturbations generated in the contraction phase preserves its stability as well as scale invariance throughout the bounce process. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6228-8

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1-14
ISSN
1434-6052