Fingerprints of Primordial Universe Paradigms as Features in Density Perturbations
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-05-28 v1
Abstract
Experimentally distinguishing different primordial universe paradigms that lead to the Big Bang model is an outstanding challenge in modern cosmology and astrophysics. We show that a generic type of signals that exist in primordial universe models can be used for such purpose. These signals are induced by tiny oscillations of massive fields and manifest as features in primordial density perturbations. They are capable of recording the time-dependence of the scale factor of the primordial universe, and therefore provide direct evidence for specific paradigm.
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@article{arxiv.1106.1635,
title = {Fingerprints of Primordial Universe Paradigms as Features in Density Perturbations},
author = {Xingang Chen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.1635},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 pages, a short companion paper to arXiv:1104.1323 [hep-th]