Cosmological Consequences of Unconstrained Gravity and Electromagnetism

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Autori principali: Del Grosso, Loris, Kaplan, David E, Melia, Tom, Poulin, Vivian, Rajendran, Surjeet, Smith, Tristan L
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Del Grosso, Loris
Kaplan, David E
Melia, Tom
Poulin, Vivian
Rajendran, Surjeet
Smith, Tristan L
author_facet Del Grosso, Loris
Kaplan, David E
Melia, Tom
Poulin, Vivian
Rajendran, Surjeet
Smith, Tristan L
contents Motivated by the quantum description of gauge theories, we study the cosmological effects of relaxing the Hamiltonian and momentum constraints in general relativity and Gauss' law in electromagnetism. We show that the unconstrained theories have new source terms that mimic a pressureless dust and a charge density that only follows geodesics. The source terms may be the simplest explanation for dark matter and generically predict a charged component. We comment that discovery of such terms would rule out inflation and be a direct probe of the initial conditions of the universe.
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spellingShingle Cosmological Consequences of Unconstrained Gravity and Electromagnetism
Del Grosso, Loris
Kaplan, David E
Melia, Tom
Poulin, Vivian
Rajendran, Surjeet
Smith, Tristan L
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Motivated by the quantum description of gauge theories, we study the cosmological effects of relaxing the Hamiltonian and momentum constraints in general relativity and Gauss' law in electromagnetism. We show that the unconstrained theories have new source terms that mimic a pressureless dust and a charge density that only follows geodesics. The source terms may be the simplest explanation for dark matter and generically predict a charged component. We comment that discovery of such terms would rule out inflation and be a direct probe of the initial conditions of the universe.
title Cosmological Consequences of Unconstrained Gravity and Electromagnetism
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.06374