Phenomenology with fluctuating quantum geometries in loop quantum cosmology

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA60ECzbMATH Open1368.83074arXiv1611.09810OpenAlexW3104251830MaRDI QIDQ5348167FDOQ5348167

Authors: Ivan Agullo, Abhay Ashtekar, Brajesh Gupt 

Publication date: 14 August 2017

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

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to probe phenomenological implications of large fluctuations of quantum geometry in the Planck era, using cosmology of the early universe. For the background (Friedmann, Lema^{i}tre, Robertson, Walker) emph{quantum} geometry, we allow `widely spread' states in which the emph{relative} dispersions are as large as $168\mathrm{\%}$ in the Planck regime. By introducing suitable methods to overcome the ensuing conceptual and computational issues, we calculate the power spectrum $P_{mathcalR}(k)$ and the spectral index $n_s(k)$ of primordial curvature perturbations. These results generalize the previous work in loop quantum cosmology which focused on those states which were known to remain sharply peaked throughout the Planck regime. Surprisingly, even though the fluctuations we now consider are large, their presence does not add new features to the final $P_{mathcalR}(k)$ and $n_s(k)$: Within observational error bars, their effect is degenerate with a different freedom in the theory, namely the number of emph{pre-inflationary} e-folds $N_{mB,star}$ between the bounce and the onset of inflation. Therefore, with regard to observational consequences, one can simulate the freedom in the choice of states with large fluctuations in the Planck era using the simpler, sharply peaked states, simply by allowing for different values of $N_{mB,star}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.09810

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zbMATH Keywords

loop quantum gravityquantum cosmologycosmic microwave backgroundquantum geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

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