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Inflation, quantum fields, and CMB anisotropies
Leonard ParkerIván AgullóIvan AgulloJose Navarro-salasGonzalo J. OlmoGonzalo J. Olmosubject
RenormalizationPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)media_common.quotation_subjectCosmic microwave backgroundFOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)General Relativity and Quantum CosmologyCosmic microwave backgroundRenormalizationGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyQuantum field theoryAnisotropyQuantumMathematical Physicsmedia_commonInflation (cosmology)PhysicsCosmologiaGravitational waveAstronomy and AstrophysicsInflationUniverseCosmologySpace and Planetary ScienceCamps Teoria quàntica dedescription
Revert field Inflationary cosmology has proved to be the most successful at predicting the properties of the anisotropies observed in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). In this essay we show that quantum field renormalization significantly influences the generation of primordial perturbations and hence the expected measurable imprint of cosmological inflation on the CMB. However, the new predictions remain in agreement with observation, and in fact favor the simplest forms of inflation. In the near future, observations of the influence of gravitational waves from the early universe on the CMB will test our new predictions.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-07-15 |