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Generation of seed perturbations from Quantum Cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

The origin of seed perturbations in the Universe is studied within the framework of a specific minisuperspace model. It is shown that the `creation' of the Universe as a result of a quantum transition from a flat empty spacetime would lead to a flat FLRW (Friedmann Lema\^\i tre Robertson-Walker) Universe with weak inhomogeneous perturbations at large wavelengths. The power spectrum of these perturbations is found to be scale invariant at horizon crossing (i.e., the Harrison-Zeldovich spectrum). It is also recognised that the seed perturbations generated in our model would be generically of the isocurvature kind.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9208003,
  title  = {Generation of seed perturbations from Quantum Cosmology},
  author = {Tarun Souradeep},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9208003},
  year   = {2008}
}

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