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Anderson's localization in a random metric: applications to cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is considered an equation for the Lyapunov exponent % \gamma in a random metric for a scalar propagating wave field. At first order in frequency this equation is solved explicitly. The localization length LcL_{c} (reciprocal of Re(γ\gamma )) is obtained as function of the metric-fluctuation-distance ΔR\Delta R (function of disorder) and the frequency ω\omega of the wave. Explicitly, low-frequencies propagate longer than high, that is Lcω2=CteL_{c}\omega ^{2}=C^{te}. Direct applications with cosmological quantities like background radiation microwave (λ1/2×103\lambda \sim 1/2\times 10^{-3} [m]) and the Universe-length (`localization length' Lc1.6×1025L_{c}\sim 1.6\times 10^{25} [m]) permits to evaluate the metric-fluctuations-distance as ΔR1035\Delta R\sim 10^{-35} [m], a number at order of the Planck's length.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0501012,
  title  = {Anderson's localization in a random metric: applications to cosmology},
  author = {J. C. Flores and M. Bologna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0501012},
  year   = {2007}
}

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