Passing through the bounce in the ekpyrotic models

Details Passing through the bounce in the ekpyrotic models Passing through the bounce in the ekpyrotic models

2001-12-14

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0112128v2

Phys.Rev. D65 (2002) 123513

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

17 pages, ReVTeX 4, 13 figures, minor corrections, conclusions unchanged

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.65.123513

By considering a simplified but exact model for realizing the ekpyrotic scenario, we clarify various assumptions that have been used in the literature. In particular, we discuss the new ekpyrotic prescription for passing the perturbations through the singularity which we show to provide a spectrum depending on a non physical normalization function. We also show that this prescription does not reproduce the exact result for a sharp transition. Then, more generally, we demonstrate that, in the only case where a bounce can be obtained in Einstein General Relativity without facing singularities and/or violation of the standard energy conditions, the bounce cannot be made arbitrarily short. This contrasts with the standard (inflationary) situation where the transition between two eras with different values of the equation of state can be considered as instantaneous. We then argue that the usually conserved quantities are not constant on a typical bounce time scale. Finally, we also examine the case of a test scalar field (or gravitational waves) where similar results are obtained. We conclude that the full dynamical equations of the underlying theory should be solved in a non singular case before any conclusion can be drawn.

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