Primordial Gaussian fluctuations from cosmic defects

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00926-1MaRDI QIDQ5942458zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors P. P. Avelino, C. J. Martins

Publication date 29 August 2001

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0006303

zbMATH Keywords

defect network decay productstwo-metric gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We extend our recent work on ``two-metric theories of gravity by showing how in such models cosmic defects can produce a spectrum of primordial Gaussian density perturbations. This will happen when the speed characterising the decay products of the defect network is much larger than the speed characterising gravity and all standard model particles. This model will exactly mimic all the standard predictions of inflationary models, and the only way of distinguishing the two will be via the detection of the decay products of the network.

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