A new duality relating density perturbations in expanding and contracting Friedmann cosmologies

Details A new duality relating density perturbations in expanding and contracting Friedmann cosmologies A new duality relating density perturbations in expanding and contracting Friedmann cosmologies

2004-03-02

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0403026v1

Phys.Rev.D70:023504,2004

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

9 pages, 2 figures, 1 table

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.70.023504

For a 4-dimensional spatially-flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe with a scalar field $\phi(x)$, potential $V(\phi)$ and constant equation of state $w=p/\rho$, we show that an expanding solution characterized by $\epsilon=3(1+w)/2$ produces the same scalar perturbations as a contracting solution with $\hat{\epsilon}=1/\epsilon$. The same symmetry applies to both the dominant and subdominant scalar perturbation modes. This result admits a simple physical interpretation and generalizes to $d$ spacetime dimensions if we define $\epsilon \equiv [(2d-5)+(d-1)w]/(d-2)$.

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