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Title: The matter-ekpyrotic bounce scenario in Loop Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We will perform a detailed study of the matter-ekpyrotic bouncing scenario in Loop Quantum Cosmology using the methods of the dynamical systems theory. We will show that when the background is driven by a single scalar field, at very late times, in the contracting phase, all orbits depict a matter dominated Universe, which evolves to an ekpyrotic phase. After the bounce the Universe enters in the expanding phase, where the orbits leave the ekpyrotic regime going to a kination (also named deflationary) regime. Moreover, this scenario supports the production of heavy massive particles conformally coupled with gravity, which reheats the universe at temperatures compatible with the nucleosynthesis bounds and also the production of massless particles non-conformally coupled with gravity leading to very high reheating temperatures but ensuring the nucleosynthesis success. Dealing with cosmological perturbations, these background dynamics produce a nearly scale invariant power spectrum for the modes that leave the Hubble radius, in the contracting phase, when the Universe is quasi-matter dominated, whose spectral index and corresponding running is compatible with the recent experimental data obtained by PLANCK's team.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22667707
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2017; Journal Issue: 09; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; DISTURBANCES; GRAVITATION; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; ORBITS; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM COSMOLOGY; SCALAR FIELDS; SPECTRA; UNIVERSE

Citation Formats

Haro, Jaume, Amorós, Jaume, and Saló, Llibert Aresté, E-mail: jaime.haro@upc.edu, E-mail: jaume.amoros@upc.edu, E-mail: llibert.areste@estudiant.upc.edu. The matter-ekpyrotic bounce scenario in Loop Quantum Cosmology. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2017/09/002.
Haro, Jaume, Amorós, Jaume, & Saló, Llibert Aresté, E-mail: jaime.haro@upc.edu, E-mail: jaume.amoros@upc.edu, E-mail: llibert.areste@estudiant.upc.edu. The matter-ekpyrotic bounce scenario in Loop Quantum Cosmology. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/09/002
Haro, Jaume, Amorós, Jaume, and Saló, Llibert Aresté, E-mail: jaime.haro@upc.edu, E-mail: jaume.amoros@upc.edu, E-mail: llibert.areste@estudiant.upc.edu. 2017. "The matter-ekpyrotic bounce scenario in Loop Quantum Cosmology". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/09/002.
@article{osti_22667707,
title = {The matter-ekpyrotic bounce scenario in Loop Quantum Cosmology},
author = {Haro, Jaume and Amorós, Jaume and Saló, Llibert Aresté, E-mail: jaime.haro@upc.edu, E-mail: jaume.amoros@upc.edu, E-mail: llibert.areste@estudiant.upc.edu},
abstractNote = {We will perform a detailed study of the matter-ekpyrotic bouncing scenario in Loop Quantum Cosmology using the methods of the dynamical systems theory. We will show that when the background is driven by a single scalar field, at very late times, in the contracting phase, all orbits depict a matter dominated Universe, which evolves to an ekpyrotic phase. After the bounce the Universe enters in the expanding phase, where the orbits leave the ekpyrotic regime going to a kination (also named deflationary) regime. Moreover, this scenario supports the production of heavy massive particles conformally coupled with gravity, which reheats the universe at temperatures compatible with the nucleosynthesis bounds and also the production of massless particles non-conformally coupled with gravity leading to very high reheating temperatures but ensuring the nucleosynthesis success. Dealing with cosmological perturbations, these background dynamics produce a nearly scale invariant power spectrum for the modes that leave the Hubble radius, in the contracting phase, when the Universe is quasi-matter dominated, whose spectral index and corresponding running is compatible with the recent experimental data obtained by PLANCK's team.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2017/09/002},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22667707}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 09,
volume = 2017,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}