Primordial density perturbation in effective loop quantum cosmology
Creators
- 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam (Germany)
- 2. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Chennai-600113 (India)
Description
It is widely believed that a quantum field fluctuation in an inflating background creates the primeval seed perturbation which through subsequent evolution leads to the observed large-scale structure of the universe. The standard inflationary scenario produces a scale-invariant power spectrum quite generically but it produces, unless fine tuned, too large an amplitude for the primordial density perturbation observed. Using similar techniques, it is shown that a loop quantum cosmology induced inflationary scenario can produce a scale-invariant power spectrum as well as a small amplitude for the primordial density perturbation without fine tuning. Further, its power spectrum has a qualitatively distinct feature which is in principle falsifiable by observation and can distinguish it from the standard inflationary scenario
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/22/2511/cqg5_12_012.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/22/2511/cqg5_12_012.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/22/12/012;
- PII
- S0264-9381(05)94731-X;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 22
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2511-2532
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36101590
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMPLITUDES; COSMOLOGY; DENSITY; DISTURBANCES; EVOLUTION; FLUCTUATIONS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; QUANTUM GRAVITY; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; VARIATIONS