Quantum deformed phantom dynamics in light of the generalized uncertainty principle

Apr 13, 2024
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Quantum gravity has been baffling the theoretical physicist for decades now: both for its mathematical obscurity and phenomenological testing. Nevertheless, the new era of precision cosmology presents a promising avenue to test the effects of quantum gravity. In this study, we consider a bottom-up approach. Without resorting to any candidate quantum gravity, we invoke a generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) directly into the cosmological Hamiltonian for a universe sourced by a phantom scalar field with potential to study the early epoch of the evolution. This is followed by a systematic analysis of the dynamics, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Our qualitative analysis shows that the introduction of GUP significantly alters the existence of fixed points for the potential considered in this contribution. In addition, we confirm the existence of an inflationary epoch and analyze the behavior of relevant cosmological parameters with respect to the strength of GUP distortion.
  • quantum gravity: effect
  • field theory: scalar
  • phantom
  • generalized uncertainty principle
  • Hamiltonian
  • inflation
  • fixed point
  • deformation
  • cosmological model: parameter space
  • potential: scalar