Perturbation spectrum in inflation with a cutoff

Achim Kempf and Jens C. Niemeyer
Phys. Rev. D 64, 103501 – Published 16 October 2001
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Abstract

It has been pointed out that the perturbation spectrum predicted by inflation may be sensitive to a natural ultraviolet cutoff, thus potentially providing an experimentally accessible window to aspects of Planck scale physics. A priori, a natural ultraviolet cutoff could take any form, but a fairly general classification of possible Planck scale cutoffs has been given. One of those categorized cutoffs, also appearing in various studies of quantum gravity and string theory, has recently been implemented into the standard inflationary scenario. Here, we continue this approach by investigating its effects on the predicted perturbation spectrum. We find that the size of the effect depends sensitively on the scale separation between cutoff and horizon during inflation.

  • Received 25 April 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.64.103501

©2001 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Achim Kempf*

  • Institute for Fundamental Theory, Departments of Physics and Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611

Jens C. Niemeyer

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany

  • *Present address: Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1. Email address: akempf@math.uwaterloo.ca
  • Email address: jcn@mpa-garching.mpg.de

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Vol. 64, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2001

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