Separate universes in loop quantum cosmology: framework and applications

DOI10.1142/S0218271816420025zbMATH Open1344.83070arXiv1512.05743OpenAlexW2414417515MaRDI QIDQ2818129FDOQ2818129

Authors: Edward Wilson-Ewing 

Publication date: 6 September 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: I present a streamlined review of how the separate universe approach to cosmological perturbation theory can be used to study the dynamics of long-wavelength scalar perturbations in loop quantum cosmology, and then use it to calculate how long-wavelength curvature perturbations evolve across the loop quantum cosmology bounce assuming a constant equation of state. A similar calculation is possible for tensor modes using results from a complementary approach to cosmological perturbation theory in loop quantum cosmology based on an effective Hamiltonian constraint. An interesting result is that the tensor-to-scalar ratio can be suppressed or amplified by quantum gravity effects during the bounce, depending on the equation of state of the matter field dominating the dynamics. In particular, if the equation of state lies between -1/3 and 1, the value of the tensor-to-scalar ratio will be suppressed during the bounce, in some cases significantly.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.05743

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological perturbation theoryloop quantum cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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