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Explaining low l anomalies in the CMB power spectrum with resonant superstring excitations during inflation

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2018-09-18 v5

Abstract

We explore the possibility that both the suppression of the =2\ell = 2 multipole moment of the power spectrum of cosmic microwave background temperature fluctuations and the possible dip for =1030\ell = 10-30 can be explained as well as a possible new dip for 60\ell \approx 60 as the result of the resonant creation of sequential excitations of a fermionic (or bosonic) closed superstring that couples to the inflaton field. We consider a D=26 closed bosonic string with one toroidal compact dimension as an illustration of how string excitations might imprint themselves on the CMB. We analyze the existence of successive momentum states, winding states or oscillations on the string as the source of the three possible dips in the power spectrum. Although the evidence of these dips are of marginal statistical significance, this might constitute the first observational evidence of successive superstring excitations in Nature.

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@article{arxiv.1701.00577,
  title  = {Explaining low l anomalies in the CMB power spectrum with resonant superstring excitations during inflation},
  author = {Mayukh R. Gangopadhyay and Grant J. Mathews and Kiyotomo Ichiki and Toshitaka Kajino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.00577},
  year   = {2018}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures Published in EPJC, version matches published version, triangle plot colour version available in the journal published version