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Quantum Cosmic No-Hair Theorem and Inflation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-05-24 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider implications of the quantum extension of the inflationary no hair theorem. We show that when the quantum state of inflation is picked to ensure the validity of the EFT of fluctuations, it takes only O(10){\cal O}(10) efolds of inflation to erase the effects of the initial distortions on the inflationary observables. Thus the Bunch-Davies vacuum is a very strong quantum attractor during inflation. We also consider bouncing universes, where the initial conditions seem to linger much longer and the quantum `balding' by evolution appears to be less efficient.

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@article{arxiv.1802.09554,
  title  = {Quantum Cosmic No-Hair Theorem and Inflation},
  author = {Nemanja Kaloper and James Scargill},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.09554},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

21 pages, 2 figures; v2 (published version) typos fixed, improved discussion of transplanckian issues and relation to previous work

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