Unitary paradox of cosmological perturbations
Abstract
If we interpret the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the Hubble horizon as thermodynamic entropy, then the entanglement entropy of the superhorizon modes of curvature perturbation entangled with the subhorizon modes will exceed the Bekenstein-Hawking bound at some point; we call this the unitary paradox of cosmological perturbations by analogy with black hole. In order to avoid a fine-tuned problem, the paradox must occur during the inflationary era at the critical time (in Planck units), where is the first Hubble slow-roll parameter and is the Hubble rate during inflation. If we instead accept the fine-tuned problem, then the paradox will occur during the dark energy era at the critical time , where is the Hubble rate dominated by dark energy, is the total number of e-folds of inflation, and is a purification factor that takes the range .
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2212.12865,
title = {Unitary paradox of cosmological perturbations},
author = {Ngo Phuc Duc Loc},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.12865},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
13 pages, 3 figures; close to published version