Testing quantum gravity effects with latest CMB observations

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2014.06.019MaRDI QIDQ1699202zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yi-Fu Cai, Yi Wang

Publication date 19 February 2018

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.6672

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Methods of noncommutative geometry in general relativity (83C65)

Abstract: Inspired by quantum gravitational physics, the approach of non-commutative (NC) phase space leads to a modified dispersion relation of gravitational waves. This feature, if applied to the very early universe, gives rise to a modified power spectrum of primordial tensor perturbations with a suppression of power on large scales. We confront this phenomenon with the BICEP2 and Planck experiments, and show that inflation with the modified dispersion relation can simultaneously fit the observations better than the standard inflationary paradigm. In particular, the numerical result implies that with the latest cosmological microwave background (CMB) observations, a quantum gravity modified power spectrum of primordial tensor modes is preferred at a statistical significance of more than $3sigma$ compared with the minimal model. Our study indicates that the potential tension between the BICEP2 and Planck data may be resolved by quantum gravity effects.

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