Thermal fluctuations in loop cosmology
Mar, 2007
10 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.D 76 (2007) 023510
e-Print:
- astro-ph/0703566 [astro-ph]
Report number:
- IGPG-07-3-3
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Quantum gravitational effects in loop quantum cosmology lead to a resolution of the initial singularity and have the potential to solve the horizon problem and generate a quasi scale-invariant spectrum of density fluctuations. We consider loop modifications to the behavior of the inverse scale factor below a critical scale in closed models and assume a purely thermal origin for the fluctuations. We show that the no-go results for scale invariance in classical thermal models can be evaded even if we just consider modifications to the background (zeroth order) gravitational dynamics. Since a complete and systematic treatment of the perturbed Einstein equations in loop cosmology is still lacking, we simply parameterize their expected modifications. These change quantitatively, but not qualitatively, our conclusions. We thus urge the community to more fully work out this complex aspect of loop cosmology, since the full picture would not only fix the free parameters of the theory, but also provide a model for a non-inflationary, thermal origin for the structures of the Universe.- 98.80.Cq
- quantum cosmology: loop space
- fluctuation: primordial
- equation of state
- power spectrum
- thermodynamics
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