Steffen Gielen
Cosmological perturbations from full quantum gravity
Gielen, Steffen; Oriti, Daniele
Authors
Daniele Oriti
Abstract
The early universe provides an opportunity for quantum gravity to connect to observation by explaining the large-scale structure of the Universe. In the group field theory (GFT) approach, a macroscopic universe is described as a GFT condensate; this idea has already been shown to reproduce a semiclassical large universe under generic conditions, and to replace the cosmological singularity by a quantum bounce. Here we extend the GFT formalism by introducing additional scalar degrees of freedom that can be used as a physical reference frame for space and time. This allows, for the first time, the extraction of correlation functions of inhomogeneities in GFT condensates: in a way conceptually similar to inflation, but within a quantum field theory of both geometry and matter, quantum fluctuations of a homogeneous background geometry become the seeds of cosmological inhomogeneities. We find approximately scale-invariant initial quantum fluctuations in the local volume, with naturally small amplitude; this behaviour extends to other quantities such as the matter density. These results confirm the potential of GFT condensate cosmology to provide a purely quantum gravitational foundation for the understanding of the early universe.
Citation
Gielen, S., & Oriti, D. (2018). Cosmological perturbations from full quantum gravity. Physical Review D, 98(10), Article 106019. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.106019
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 6, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 26, 2018 |
Publication Date | Nov 26, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Nov 27, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 31, 2019 |
Journal | Physical Review D |
Print ISSN | 2470-0010 |
Electronic ISSN | 2470-0029 |
Publisher | American Physical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 98 |
Issue | 10 |
Article Number | 106019 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.106019 |
Keywords | Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1314021 |
Publisher URL | https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.106019 |
Contract Date | Nov 27, 2018 |
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