Holography for cosmology
Holography for cosmology
We propose a holographic description of four-dimensional single-scalar inflationary universes, and show how cosmological observables, such as the primordial power spectrum, are encoded in the correlation functions of a three-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT). The holographic description correctly reproduces standard inflationary predictions in the regime where a perturbative quantization of fluctuations is justified. In the opposite regime, wherein gravity is strongly coupled at early times, we propose a holographic description in terms of perturbative large N QFT. Initiating a holographic phenomenological approach, we show that models containing only two parameters, N and a dimensionful coupling constant, are capable of satisfying the current observational constraints.
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McFadden, Paul
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Skenderis, Kostas
09f32871-ffb1-4f4a-83bc-df05f4d17a09
21 January 2010
McFadden, Paul
4e7762ff-9b96-4516-b333-be01784fdbae
Skenderis, Kostas
09f32871-ffb1-4f4a-83bc-df05f4d17a09
Abstract
We propose a holographic description of four-dimensional single-scalar inflationary universes, and show how cosmological observables, such as the primordial power spectrum, are encoded in the correlation functions of a three-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT). The holographic description correctly reproduces standard inflationary predictions in the regime where a perturbative quantization of fluctuations is justified. In the opposite regime, wherein gravity is strongly coupled at early times, we propose a holographic description in terms of perturbative large N QFT. Initiating a holographic phenomenological approach, we show that models containing only two parameters, N and a dimensionful coupling constant, are capable of satisfying the current observational constraints.
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Published date: 21 January 2010
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Local EPrints ID: 341275
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/341275
ISSN: 1550-7998
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