The Transplanckian Question and the Casimir Effect

Details The Transplanckian Question and the Casimir Effect The Transplanckian Question and the Casimir Effect

2005-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0504076v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

26 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures

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It is known that, through inflation, Planck scale phenomena should have left an imprint in the cosmic microwave background. The magnitude of this imprint is expected to be suppressed by a factor $\sigma^n$ where $\sigma\approx 10^{-5}$ is the ratio of the Planck length to the Hubble length during inflation. While there is no consensus about the value of $n$, it is generally thought that $n$ will determine whether the imprint is observable. Here, we suggest that the magnitude of the imprint may not be suppressed by any power of $\sigma$ and that, instead, $\sigma$ may merely quantify the amount of fine tuning required to achieve an imprint of order one. To this end, we show that the UV/IR scale separation, $\sigma$, in the analogous case of the Casimir effect plays exactly this role.

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