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Evolution of cosmological perturbations in an RG-driven inflationary scenario

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-04-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A gauge-invariant, linear cosmological perturbation theory of an almost homogeneous and isotropic universe with dynamically evolving Newton constant G and cosmological constant Λ\Lambda is presented. The equations governing the evolution of the comoving fractional spatial gradients of the matter density, G and Λ\Lambda are thus obtained. Explicit solutions are discussed in cosmologies, featuring an accelerated expansion, where both G and Λ\Lambda vary according to renormalization group equations in the vicinity of an ultraviolet fixed point. Finally, a similar analysis is carried out in the late universe regime described by the part of the renormalization group trajectory close to the gaussian fixed point.

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@article{arxiv.1011.4618,
  title  = {Evolution of cosmological perturbations in an RG-driven inflationary scenario},
  author = {Adriano Contillo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.4618},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

18 pages; improved discussion and references added; fitted to match published version