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Scalar perturbations in a primordial inflationary scenario

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We compute the spectral index for scalar perturbations generated in a primordial inflationary model. In this model, the transition of the inflationary phase to the radiative era is achieved through the decay of the cosmological term leading a second order phase transition and the characteristics of the model allow to implement a set of initial conditions where the perturbations display a thermal spectrum when they emerge from the horizon. The obtained value for the spectral index is equal to 2, a result that depends very weakly on the various parameters of the model and on the initial conditions used.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0104040,
  title  = {Scalar perturbations in a primordial inflationary scenario},
  author = {Julio C. Fabris and Philippe Spindel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0104040},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures