Quantum stress tensor fluctuation effects in inflationary cosmology

Jen Tsung Hsiang, Chun Hsien Wu, L. H. Ford, Kin Wang Ng

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Abstract

We review several related investigations of the effects of the quantum stress tensor of a conformal field in inflationary cosmology. Particular attention will be paid to the effects of quantum stress tensor fluctuations as a source of density and tensor perturbations in inflationary models. These effects can possibly depend upon the total expansion factor during inflation, and hence be much larger than one might otherwise expect. They have the potential to contribute a non-scale invariant and non-Gaussian component to the primordial spectrum of perturbations, and might be observable.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012006
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume330
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event7th Biennial Conference on Classical and Quantum Relativistic Dynamics of Particles and Fields, IARD 2010 - Hualien, Taiwan
Duration: 30 May 20101 Jun 2010

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