Phys. Rev. D 69, 107301 (2004) [4 pages]

Properties of the transition matrix in bouncing cosmologies

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Jérôme Martin * and Patrick Peter
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, GReCO, FRE 2435-CNRS, 98bis boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris, France

Received 27 January 2004; published 14 May 2004

We elaborate further on the evolution properties of cosmological fluctuations through a bounce. We show this evolution to be describable either by “transmission” and “reflection” coefficients or by an effective unitary S matrix. We also show that they behave in a time reversal invariant way. Therefore, earlier results are now interpreted in a different perspective and put on a firmer basis.


©2004 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v69/e107301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.107301
PACS: 98.80.Cq, 98.70.Vc

* Electronic address: jmartin@iap.fr
Electronic address: peter@iap.fr

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