Pattern of perturbations from a coherent quantum inflationary horizon

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AB7964zbMATH Open1479.83087arXiv1908.07033OpenAlexW3100257791MaRDI QIDQ5161978FDOQ5161978

Craig J. Hogan

Publication date: 1 November 2021

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

Abstract: It is proposed that if quantum states of space-time are coherent on null surfaces, holographic Planck-scale fluctuations of inflationary horizons dominate the formation of primordial scalar curvature perturbations. It is shown that the reduction of quantum states on nearly-spherical emergent horizon surfaces around each observer creates a distinctive pattern whose correlations in the angular domain differ from the standard quantum theory of inflation. Causal constraints are used in a semiclassical model to formulate candidate directional symmetries. It is suggested that this hypothesis could provide a physical explanation for several well known anomalies measured in CMB anisotropy. New exact symmetries are predicted, such as a vanishing temperature correlation function at 90 degrees angular separation, that can be tested with current data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.07033

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zbMATH Keywords

holographyinflationcosmic background radiationcosmic perturbations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Coherent states (81R30) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Flows related to mean curvature (53E10)

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