Stimulated creation of quanta during inflation and the observable universe

DOI10.1007/S10714-011-1220-8zbMATH Open1228.83114arXiv1106.4240OpenAlexW3101201768MaRDI QIDQ648124FDOQ648124

Authors: Ivan Agullo, Leonard Parker 

Publication date: 22 November 2011

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

Abstract: Inflation provides a natural mechanism to account for the origin of cosmic structures. The generation of primordial inhomogeneities during inflation can be understood via the spontaneous creation of quanta from the vacuum. We show that when the corresponding {it stimulated} creation of quanta is considered, the characteristics of the state of the universe at the onset of inflation are not diluted by the inflationary expansion and can be imprinted in the spectrum of primordial inhomogeneities. The non-gaussianities (particularly in the so-called squeezed configuration) in the cosmic microwave background and galaxy distribution can then tell us about the state of the universe that existed at the time when quantum field theory in curved spacetime first emerged as a plausible effective theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.4240

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmologyinflationnon-Gaussianitiesquantum field theory in curved space-times

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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