Non-standard primordial clocks from induced mass in alternative to inflation scenarios

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/11/026zbMATH Open1486.83157arXiv2007.09677OpenAlexW3043661655MaRDI QIDQ5035284FDOQ5035284

Authors: Yi Wang, Zun Wang, Yuhang Zhu 

Publication date: 21 February 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the primordial universe, oscillations of heavy fields can be considered as standard clocks to measure the expansion or contraction history of the universe. Those standard clocks provide a model-independent way of distinguishing inflation and alternative scenarios. However, the mass of the heavy fields may not be a constant mass, but rather mass dynamically generated by non-minimal coupling to the Ricci scalar, or self-interactions. In the case of dynamically generated mass, the mass of the heavy field is generically of order Hubble, and thus is time-dependent in alternative to inflation scenarios. We show that such dynamically generated mass terms can be considered as non-standard primordial clocks for alternative to inflation, providing similar oscillatory frequencies as standard clocks of inflation. Additional information on scale dependence can distinguish such non-standard clocks from standard clocks.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.09677

Recommendations

• Mimicking features in alternatives to inflation with interacting spectator fields
• Some topics on scale-invariant perturbations from noninflationary universe
• Non-canonical inflation and primordial black holes production
• An alternative to inflation
• Primeval acceleration and bounce conditions within induced gravity

zbMATH Keywords

non-Gaussianityinflationcosmological perturbation theoryalternatives to inflationnon-standard clocks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbations in context of PDEs (35B20) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Minkowski geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry (51B20) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

Cites Work

• A new type of isotropic cosmological models without singularity
• Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems
• The Fokker-Planck equation. Methods of solution and applications.
• Inflation, cosmic perturbations and non-Gaussianities
• Loop corrections to standard model fields in inflation
• Standard model mass spectrum in inflationary universe
• Mimicking features in alternatives to inflation with interacting spectator fields
• Stochastic collapse
• Power-law modulation of the scalar power spectrum from a heavy field with a monomial potential

Cited In (4)

• Quantum standard clocks in the primordial trispectrum
• Unsuppressed primordial standard clocks in warm quasi-single field inflation
• Fingerprints of a non-inflationary universe from massive fields
• Missing scalars at the cosmological collider

This page was built for publication: Non-standard primordial clocks from induced mass in alternative to inflation scenarios

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5035284)