Analytic and Numerical Study of Scalar Perturbations in Loop Quantum Cosmology

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Marugán, Guillermo A. Mena, Vicente-Becerril, Antonio, Carrilero, Jesús Yébana
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866910540752748544
author Marugán, Guillermo A. Mena
Vicente-Becerril, Antonio
Carrilero, Jesús Yébana
author_facet Marugán, Guillermo A. Mena
Vicente-Becerril, Antonio
Carrilero, Jesús Yébana
contents The possibility that quantum geometry effects may alleviate the apparent tensions existing at large angular scales in the observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background explains the increasing interest in considering primordial perturbations within the framework of Loop Quantum Cosmology. In this framework, a number of approximations have been suggested to simplify the study of perturbations and derive analytic expressions for the power spectra. This study requires a new choice of vacuum state that takes into account the preinflationary background geometry, choice for which we adopt the so-called NO-AHD prescription. Here, we apply the aforementioned approximations to the investigation of scalar perturbations. We discuss two approaches to the quantization of perturbations in Loop Quantum Cosmology, namely the hybrid and the dressed metric approaches. We improve previous approximations by including slow-roll corrections in the inflationary era. Moreover, for the first time in the literature of the NO-AHD prescription, we compute numerically the primordial power spectra for the two considered approaches, and show that the analytic estimations are remarkably accurate for all observable modes. We also discuss the similarities and differences between the spectra obtained with those two approaches.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2404_04595
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Analytic and Numerical Study of Scalar Perturbations in Loop Quantum Cosmology
Marugán, Guillermo A. Mena
Vicente-Becerril, Antonio
Carrilero, Jesús Yébana
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
The possibility that quantum geometry effects may alleviate the apparent tensions existing at large angular scales in the observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background explains the increasing interest in considering primordial perturbations within the framework of Loop Quantum Cosmology. In this framework, a number of approximations have been suggested to simplify the study of perturbations and derive analytic expressions for the power spectra. This study requires a new choice of vacuum state that takes into account the preinflationary background geometry, choice for which we adopt the so-called NO-AHD prescription. Here, we apply the aforementioned approximations to the investigation of scalar perturbations. We discuss two approaches to the quantization of perturbations in Loop Quantum Cosmology, namely the hybrid and the dressed metric approaches. We improve previous approximations by including slow-roll corrections in the inflationary era. Moreover, for the first time in the literature of the NO-AHD prescription, we compute numerically the primordial power spectra for the two considered approaches, and show that the analytic estimations are remarkably accurate for all observable modes. We also discuss the similarities and differences between the spectra obtained with those two approaches.
title Analytic and Numerical Study of Scalar Perturbations in Loop Quantum Cosmology
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04595