On the phase-space volume of primordial cosmological perturbations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/4/006zbMATH Open0870.53076arXivgr-qc/9806067OpenAlexW2014746043MaRDI QIDQ4340971FDOQ4340971

A. A. Starobinsky, Julien Lesgourgues, David Polarski

Publication date: 16 June 1997

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how to determine the typical phase space volume $Gamma$ for primordial gravitational waves produced during an inflationary stage, which is invariant under squeezing. An expression for $Gamma$ is found in the long wavelength regime. The quasi-classical entropy of a pure vacuum initial state defined as the logarithm of $Gamma$ modulo a constant remains zero in spite of the generation of fluctuations (creation of real gravitons).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806067

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zbMATH Keywords

primordial gravitational wavesphase-space volumequasi-classical entropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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