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Main Authors: Ford, L. H., Ho, I-Tai, Wu, Chun-Hsien
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22835
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author Ford, L. H.
Ho, I-Tai
Wu, Chun-Hsien
author_facet Ford, L. H.
Ho, I-Tai
Wu, Chun-Hsien
contents Inflationary tensor perturbations are treated as arising from a bath of gravitons produced by quantum particle creation at the end of inflation. We calculate the correlation function of the CMB temperature fluctuations produced by these gravitons in a model with an infrared cut off. The CMB photons are emitted from within a last scattering shell of finite thickness in redshift. We find the correlation function in terms of the separation of a pair of spacetime points of emission in both angle and redshift. In both variables, there is a significant amount of anti-correlation. The anti-correlation minimum has a relative magnitude compared to the central correlation maximum of about 20% in angle and 50% in redshift.
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spellingShingle Gravitons and Temperature Fluctuation Correlations from Inflation
Ford, L. H.
Ho, I-Tai
Wu, Chun-Hsien
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Inflationary tensor perturbations are treated as arising from a bath of gravitons produced by quantum particle creation at the end of inflation. We calculate the correlation function of the CMB temperature fluctuations produced by these gravitons in a model with an infrared cut off. The CMB photons are emitted from within a last scattering shell of finite thickness in redshift. We find the correlation function in terms of the separation of a pair of spacetime points of emission in both angle and redshift. In both variables, there is a significant amount of anti-correlation. The anti-correlation minimum has a relative magnitude compared to the central correlation maximum of about 20% in angle and 50% in redshift.
title Gravitons and Temperature Fluctuation Correlations from Inflation
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22835