Emergence of Fluctuations from a Tachyonic Big Bang
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v3 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
It has recently been speculated that the end state of a collapsing universe is a tachyonic big crunch. The time reversal of this process would be the emergence of an expanding universe from a tachyonic big bang. In this framework, we study the emergence of cosmological fluctuations. In particular, we compare the amplitude of the perturbations at tne end of the tachyon phase with what would be obtained assuming the usual vacuum initial conditions. We find that cosmological fluctuations emerge in a thermal state. We comment on the relation to the trans-Planckian problem of inflationary cosmology.
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@article{arxiv.0706.1104,
title = {Emergence of Fluctuations from a Tachyonic Big Bang},
author = {Robert H. Brandenberger and Andrew R. Frey and Sugumi Kanno},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.1104},
year = {2008}
}
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