CMB constraints on noncommutative geometry during inflation

Details CMB constraints on noncommutative geometry during inflation CMB constraints on noncommutative geometry during inflation

2009-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/0903.2806v3

Eur.Phys.J.C69:521-529,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

8 pages, 1 figure, References added, Accepted for publication in EPJC (submitted version)

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1421-4

We investigate the primordial power spectrum of the density perturbations based on the assumption that spacetime is noncommutative in the early stage of inflation. Due to the spacetime noncommutativity, the primordial power spectrum can lose rotational invariance. Using the k-inflation model and slow-roll approximation, we show that the deviation from rotational invariance of the primordial power spectrum depends on the size of noncommutative length scale L_s but not on sound speed. We constrain the contributions from the spacetime noncommutativity to the covariance matrix for the harmonic coefficients of the CMB anisotropies using five-year WMAP CMB maps. We find that the upper bound for L_s depends on the product of sound speed and slow-roll parameter. Estimating this product using cosmological parameters from the five-year WMAP results, the upper bound for L_s is estimated to be less than 10^{-27} cm at 99.7% confidence level.

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