In this paper we consider realistic model of inflation embedded in the framework of loop quantum cosmology. Phase of inflation is preceded here by the phase of a quantum bounce. We show how parameters of inflation depend on the initial conditions established in the contracting, pre-bounce phase. Our investigations indicate that phase of the bounce easily sets proper initial conditions for the inflation. Subsequently we study observational effects that might arise due to the quantum gravitational modifications. We perform preliminary observational constraints for the Barbero-Immirzi parameter $γ$, critical density $ρ_{\text{c}}$ and parameter $λ$. In the next step we study effects on power spectrum of perturbations. We calculate spectrum of perturbations from the bounce and from the joined bounce+inflation phase. Based on these studies we indicate possible way to relate quantum cosmological models with the astronomical observations. Using the Sachs-Wolfe approximation we calculate spectrum of the super-horizontal CMB anisotropies. We show that quantum cosmological effects can, in the natural way, explain suppression of the low CMB multipoles. We show that fine-tuning is not required here and model is consistent with observations. We also analyse other possible probes of the quantum cosmologies and discuss perspectives of their implementation.
Brane cosmology from observational surveys and its comparison with standard FRW cosmology
研究了膜上的几种暗能量模型。并在四维Friedmann-Robertson-Walker宇宙学框架下与相应的理论进行了比较。为了约束所考虑的模型的参数，最近的观测数据，包括SNIa视星等测量，重子声学振荡结果，哈勃参数演化数据和物质密度扰动。得到了远程平行理论中所谓的{ \it state finder}参数的显式公式，这可能有助于测试这些模型，并建立环量子宇宙学和膜宇宙学之间的联系。它的结论是，联合分析，因为这里开发的一个允许估计，在一个非常方便的方式，可能的偏差，从标准的弗里德曼-罗伯逊-沃克的真实宇宙宇宙学。
Four-dimensional cosmological models are studied on a boundary of a five-dimensional Anti-de Sitter (AdS_5) black hole with AdS Reissner-Nordstrom and scalar charged Reissner- Nordstrom black hole solutions, where we call the former a "Hairless" black hole and the latter a "Hairy" black hole. To obtain the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) spacetime metric on the boundary of the AdS_5 black hole, we employ Eddington-Finkelstein (EF) coordinates to the bulk geometry. We then derive modified Friedmann equations on a boundary of the AdS_5 black hole via AdS/CFT correspondence and discuss its cosmo…
In this paper, we explore a fractal model of the universe proposed by Calcagni [JHEP{\bf03}(2010)120] for a power-counting renormalizable field theory living in a fractal spacetime. Considering a timelike fractal profile, we derived field equations in fractal cosmology, in order to explore the structure formation and the expansion history in fractal universe. Numerical investigations based on matter power spectra diagrams report higher structure growth in fractal cosmology, being in contrast to local galaxy surveys. Additionally, according to the evolution of Hubble parameter diagrams, it can …
The way physics of loop quantum gravity is affected by the underlying quantization ambiguities is an open question. We address this issue in the context of loop quantum cosmology using gauge-covariant fluxes. Consequences are explored for two choices of regularization parameters: $μ_0$ and $\bar μ$ in presence of a positive cosmological constant, and two choices of regularizations of the Hamiltonian constraint in loop quantum cosmology: the standard and the Thiemann regularization. We show that novel features of singularity resolution and bounce, occurring due to gauge-covariant fluxes, exist …
Observational constraints on the modified cosmology inspired by string T-duality
Universidad de Lleida（莱里达大学）；Durban University of Technology（德班理工大学）；National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS)（南非理论与计算科学国家研究所）；Universidad Catòlica del Norte（北天主教大学）；Shiraz University（设拉子大学）
In this work, we use an observational approach and dynamical system analysis to study the cosmological model recently proposed by Saridakis (2020), which is based on the modification of the entropy-area black hole relation proposed by Barrow (2020). The Friedmann equations governing the dynamics of the Universe under this entropy modification can be calculated through the gravity-thermodynamics conjecture. We investigate two models, one considering only a matter component and the other including matter and radiation, which have new terms compared to the standard model sourcing the late cosmic …
We present the luminosity distance series expansion to third order in redshift for a general space-time with no assumption on the metric tensor or the field equations prescribing it. It turns out that the coefficients of this general 'Hubble law' can be expressed in terms of a finite number of physically interpretable multipole coefficients. The multipole terms can be combined into effective direction dependent parameters replacing the Hubble constant, deceleration parameter, curvature parameter, and 'jerk' parameter of the Friedmann-Lema\^ıtre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) class of metrics. Due to …
Anisotropies generically dominate the earliest stages of expansion of a homogeneous universe. They are particularly relevant in bouncing models, since shears grow in the contracting phase of the cosmos, making the isotropic situation unstable. This paper extends the study of cosmological perturbations in loop quantum cosmology (LQC) to anisotropic Bianchi I models that contain a bounce followed by a phase of slow-roll inflation. We show that, although the shear tensor dilutes and the universe isotropizes soon after the bounce, cosmic perturbations retain memory of this short anisotropic phase.…
New observational constraints on $f(T)$ cosmology from radio quasars
使用一个新的最近编译的毫角秒紧凑的无线电数据集的120个中等光度类星体的红移范围$0.46< z <2.76$，其统计线性大小显示可以忽略不计的依赖红移和内禀光度，从而代表宇宙学的标准统治者，我们约束三个可行的和最流行的$f(T)$重力模型，其中$T$是在teleparallel重力的扭转标量。我们的分析表明，约束能力的类星体数据（N=120）是可比的联盟2.1 SN Ia数据（N=580）的所有三个$f(T)$模型。结合其他标准标尺探测（如宇宙微波背景和重子声振荡距离测量），类星体物质密度参数$Ω_m$的当前值远大于其他观测值。对于所考虑的两个模型（$f_1$ CDM和$f_2$ CDM），与$Λ$ CDM宇宙学存在一个小的但明显的偏差，而在$f_3$ CDM的框架中，有效的状态方程可能在较低的红移处穿过幻影分界线。这些结果表明，中等光度类星体可以提供一个有效的观测探测媲美SN Ia在更高的红纬，和$f(T)$重力是一个合理的候选人的修改后的重力理论。
Cosmological inflation is not the only early universe scenario consistent with current observational data. I will discuss the criteria for a successful early universe cosmology, compare a couple of the proposed scenarios (inflation, bouncing cosmologies, and the {\it emergent} scenario), focusing on how future observational data will be able to distinguish between them. I will argue that we need to go beyond effective field theory in order to understand the early universe, and that principles of superstring theory will yield a nonsingular cosmology.
