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暴胀的量子宇宙学一致性条件

Quantum cosmological consistency condition for inflation

Gianluca Calcagni, Claus Kiefer, Christian F. Steinwachs

摘要:

我们研究了暴胀模型的量子宇宙学隧穿情形。在路径积分的方法,我们得到相应的隧穿概率分布。这个分布中的一个尖峰可以解释为暴胀的初始条件,因此可以解释为暴胀能量尺度的量子宇宙学预测。这个能量尺度本身也是任何暴胀模型的真实预测,因为暴胀过程中产生的原初引力子在宇宙微波背景的B极化中留下了印记。通过这种方式,人们可以推导出暴胀模型的相容性条件,保证与隧穿起源的相容性,并可以导致可检验的量子宇宙学预测。对于自然通货膨胀模型,给出了一般方法的显式证明。

英文摘要:

We investigate the quantum cosmological tunneling scenario for inflationary models. Within a path-integral approach, we derive the corresponding tunneling probability distribution. A sharp peak in this distribution can be interpreted as the initial condition for inflation and therefore as a quantum cosmological prediction for its energy scale. This energy scale is also a genuine prediction of any inflationary model by itself, as the primordial gravitons generated during inflation leave their imprint in the B-polarization of the cosmic microwave background. In this way, one can derive a consistency condition for inflationary models that guarantees compatibility with a tunneling origin and can lead to a testable quantum cosmological prediction. The general method is demonstrated explicitly for the model of natural inflation.

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