Published June 21, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Primordial density perturbation in effective loop quantum cosmology

  • 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/

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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

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