Evolution of curvature and anisotropy near a nonsingular bounce

Details Evolution of curvature and anisotropy near a nonsingular bounce Evolution of curvature and anisotropy near a nonsingular bounce

2011-06-07

arxiv.org/abs/1106.1416v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

21 pages, 3 figures

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We consider bouncing cosmologies in which an ekpyrotic contraction phase with w >> 1 is followed by a bouncing phase with w < -1 that violates the null energy condition. The bouncing phase, induced by ghost condensation, is designed to produce a classically nonsingular bounce at a finite value of the scale factor. We show that the initial curvature and anisotropy, though diluted during the ekpyrotic phase, grow back exponentially during the bouncing phase. Moreover, curvature perturbations and anisotropy are generated by quantum fluctuations during the ekpyrotic phase. In the bouncing phase, however, an adiabatic curvature perturbation grows to dominate and contributes a blue spectrum that spoils the scale-invariance. Meanwhile, a scalar shear perturbation grows nonlinear and creates an overwhelming anisotropy that disrupts the nonsingular bounce altogether.

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