Inhomogeneous universe from group field theory condensate

被引:22
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作者
Gielen, Steffen [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nottingham, Sch Math Sci, Univ Pk, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
来源
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2019年 / 02期
关键词
alternatives to inflation; quantum gravity phenomenology; transplanckian physics; QUANTUM; FLUCTUATIONS; VARIABLES; GRAVITY; SPACE; MODEL;
D O I
10.1088/1475-7516/2019/02/013
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
One of the fundamental challenges for quantum cosmology is to explain the emergence of our macroscopic Universe from physics at the Planck scale. In the group field theory (GFT) approach to quantum gravity, such a macroscopic universe results from the formation of a "condensate" of fundamentally discrete degrees of freedom. It has been shown that the effective dynamics of such GFT condensates follows the classical Friedmann dynamics at late times, while avoiding the classical singularity by a bounce akin to the one of loop quantum cosmology (LQC). It was also shown how quantum fluctuations in a GFT condensate provide an initial power spectrum of volume fluctuations around exact homogeneity. Here we connect the results for quantum fluctuations in GFT to the usual formalism for cosmological perturbations within quantum field theory in curved spacetime. We consider a bouncing universe filled with a massless scalar field, in which perturbations are generated by vacuum fluctuations in the contracting phase. Matching conditions at the bounce are provided by working within LQC. We then compare the results to the GFT condensate scenario for quantum gravity with massless scalar matter. Here, instead, an initial quantum phase described by a GFT condensate generates initial scalar perturbations through quantum fluctuations. We show general agreement in the predictions of both approaches, suggesting that GFT condensates can provide a physical mechanism for the emergence of a slightly inhomogeneous universe from full quantum gravity.
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