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平移对称宇宙学的有效理论

The Effective Theory of Shift-Symmetric Cosmologies

Bernardo Finelli, Garrett Goon, Enrico Pajer, Luca Santoni

摘要:

位移对称性是暴胀模型中普遍存在的成分,无论是在有效结构中,还是在弦论等UV有限嵌入中。它也被认为在某些暗能量和暗物质模型中起着关键作用。尽管它在宇宙学中起着至关重要的作用,但移动对称性的可观测的、与模型无关的后果仍然是未知的。在这里,假设一个确切的移位对称性,我们得出这些后果的单时钟宇宙学的膨胀的有效场论的框架内。我们发现一组无限的关系,否则任意的有效系数,其相关的非高斯性的时间依赖性。例如,对于导数的首阶,这些关系将理论中的无穷多个自由函数减少到只有一个。我们的移位对称宇宙学的有效理论描述了,在其他系统中,完美和不完美的超流体耦合到重力和驱动超流体的去耦极限。我们的结果是第一步,以确定在观察上是否移动对称性在发挥作用的自然规律,它是否被打破的量子引力效应。

英文摘要:

A shift symmetry is a ubiquitous ingredient in inflationary models, both in effective constructions and in UV-finite embeddings such as string theory. It has also been proposed to play a key role in certain Dark Energy and Dark Matter models. Despite the crucial role it plays in cosmology, the observable, model independent consequences of a shift symmetry are yet unknown. Here, assuming an exact shift symmetry, we derive these consequences for single-clock cosmologies within the framework of the Effective Field Theory of Inflation. We find an infinite set of relations among the otherwise arbitrary effective coefficients, which relate non-Gaussianity to their time dependence. For example, to leading order in derivatives, these relations reduce the infinitely many free functions in the theory to just a single one. Our Effective Theory of shift-symmetric cosmologies describes, among other systems, perfect and imperfect superfluids coupled to gravity and driven superfluids in the decoupling limit. Our results are the first step to determine observationally whether a shift symmetry is at play in the laws of nature and whether it is broken by quantum gravity effects.

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