Cosmological history in York time: inflation and perturbations

DOI10.1007/S10714-016-2180-9zbMATH Open1358.83106arXiv1606.01801OpenAlexW3099706449MaRDI QIDQ520092FDOQ520092

Authors: Philipp Roser, Antony Valentini 

Publication date: 3 April 2017

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The constant mean extrinsic curvature on a spacelike slice may constitute a physically preferred time coordinate, `York time'. One line of enquiry to probe this idea is to understand processes in our cosmological history in terms of York time. Following a review of the theoretical motivations, we focus on slow-roll inflation and the freezing and Hubble re-entry of cosmological perturbations. We show how the mathematical account of these processes is distinct from the conventional account in terms of standard cosmological or conformal time. We also consider the cosmological York-timeline more broadly and contrast it with the conventional cosmological timeline.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.01801

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zbMATH Keywords

inflationcosmological perturbationsYork timecosmological timeline

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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