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Cosmological Complexity in K-essence

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-02-26 v1

Abstract

We calculate the cosmological complexity under the framework of scalar curvature perturbations for a K-essence model with constant potential. In particular, the squeezed quantum states are defined by acting a two-mode squeezed operator which is characterized by squeezing parameters rkr_k and ϕk\phi_k on vacuum state. The evolution of these squeezing parameters are governed by the Schro¨dingerSchr\ddot{o}dinger equation, in which the Hamiltonian operator is derived from the cosmological perturbative action. With aid of the solutions of rkr_k and ϕk\phi_k, one can calculate the quantum circuit complexity between unsqueezed vacuum state and squeezed quantum states via the wave-function approach. One advantage of K-essence is that it allows us to explore the effects of varied sound speeds on evolution of cosmological complexity. Besides, this model also provides a way for us to distinguish the different cosmological phases by extracting some basic informations, like the scrambling time and Lyapunov exponent etc, from the evolution of cosmological complexity.

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@article{arxiv.2102.12939,
  title  = {Cosmological Complexity in K-essence},
  author = {Ai-chen Li and Xin-Fei Li and Ding-fang Zeng and Lei-Hua Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.12939},
  year   = {2021}
}
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