Time varying speed of light as a solution to cosmological puzzles

Andreas Albrecht and João Magueijo
Phys. Rev. D 59, 043516 – Published 28 January 1999
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Abstract

We consider the cosmological implications of light travelling faster in the early Universe. We propose a prescription for deriving corrections to the cosmological evolution equations while the speed of light c is changing. We then show how the horizon, flatness, and cosmological constant problems may be solved. We also study cosmological perturbations in this scenario and show how one may solve the homogeneity and isotropy problems. As it stands, our scenario appears to most easily produce extreme homogeneity, requiring structure to be produced in the standard big bang epoch. Producing significant perturbations during the earlier epoch would require a rather careful design of the function c(t). The large entropy inside the horizon nowadays can also be accounted for in this scenario.

  • Received 4 November 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.59.043516

©1999 American Physical Society

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Andreas Albrecht and João Magueijo

  • Theoretical Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BZ United Kingdom

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Vol. 59, Iss. 4 — 15 February 1999

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