Published April 15, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Possible explanation to a low CMB quadrupole

  • 1. Interdisciplinary Center of Theoretical Studies, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2735, Beijing 100080 (China)
  • 2. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 918-4, Beijing 100039 (China)

Description

The Universe might experience many cycles with different vacua. The slow-roll inflation may be preceded by kinetic-dominated contraction occurring in 'adjacent' vacua during some cycles. In this report we briefly show this phenomenon may lead to a cutoff of primordial power spectrum, which is mildly preferred by WMAP data. Thus in some sense the cosmic microwave background at large angular scale might encode the information of other vacua

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 087301-087301.4
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37023473
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGY; ENERGY SPECTRA; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; QUADRUPOLES; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; RELICT RADIATION; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MULTIPOLES; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA

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