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Anomaly-free cosmological perturbations in effective canonical quantum gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-05-27 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

This article lays out a complete framework for an effective theory of cosmological perturbations with corrections from canonical quantum gravity. Since several examples exist for quantum-gravity effects that change the structure of space-time, the classical perturbative treatment must be rethought carefully. The present discussion provides a unified picture of several previous works, together with new treatments of higher-order perturbations and the specification of initial states.

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@article{arxiv.1404.1018,
  title  = {Anomaly-free cosmological perturbations in effective canonical quantum gravity},
  author = {Aurelien Barrau and Martin Bojowald and Gianluca Calcagni and Julien Grain and Mikhail Kagan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.1018},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

1+52 pages. v2: discussions extended and improved throughout the text, references added, typos corrected, conclusions unchanged