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On the Phase-Space Volume of Primordial Cosmological Perturbations

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

We show how to determine the typical phase space volume Γ\Gamma for primordial gravitational waves produced during an inflationary stage, which is invariant under squeezing. An expression for Γ\Gamma is found in the long wavelength regime. The quasi-classical entropy of a pure vacuum initial state defined as the logarithm of Γ\Gamma modulo a constant remains zero in spite of the generation of fluctuations (creation of real gravitons).

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9806067,
  title  = {On the Phase-Space Volume of Primordial Cosmological Perturbations},
  author = {Julien Lesgourgues and David Polarski and Alexei A. Starobinsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9806067},
  year   = {2009}
}

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