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Bouncing Loop Quantum Cosmology from gravity
The big bang singularity could be understood as a breakdown of Einstein's
General Relativity at very high energies. Adopting this viewpoint, other
theories, that implement Einstein Cosmology at high energies, might solve the
problem of the primeval singularity. One of them is Loop Quantum Cosmology
(LQC) with a small cosmological constant that models a universe moving along an
ellipse, which prevents singularities like the big bang or the big rip, in the
phase space , where is the Hubble parameter and the energy
density of the universe. Using LQC when one considers a model of universe
filled by radiation and matter where, due to the cosmological constant, there
are a de Sitter and an anti de Sitter solution. This means that one obtains a
bouncing non-singular universe which is in the contracting phase at early
times. After leaving this phase, i.e., after bouncing, it passes trough a
radiation and matter dominated phase and finally at late times it expands in an
accelerated way (current cosmic acceleration). This model does not suffer from
the horizon and flatness problems as in big bang cosmology, where a period of
inflation that increases the size of our universe in more than 60 e-folds is
needed in order to solve both problems. The model has two mechanisms to avoid
these problems: The evolution of the universe through a contracting phase and a
period of super-inflation ()
Black hole collapse simulated by vacuum fluctuations with a moving semi-transparent mirror
Creation of scalar massless particles in two-dimensional Minkowski
space-time--as predicted by the dynamical Casimir effect--is studied for the
case of a semitransparent mirror initially at rest, then accelerating for some
finite time, along a trajectory that simulates a black hole collapse (defined
by Walker, and Carlitz and Willey), and finally moving with constant velocity.
When the reflection and transmission coefficients are those in the model
proposed by Barton, Calogeracos, and Nicolaevici [r(w)=-i\alpha/(\w+i\alpha)
and s(w)=\w/(\w+i\alpha), with ], the Bogoliubov coefficients
on the back side of the mirror can be computed exactly. This allows us to prove
that, when is very large (case of an ideal, perfectly reflecting
mirror) a thermal emission of scalar massless particles obeying Bose-Einstein
statistics is radiated from the mirror (a black body radiation), in accordance
with results previously obtained in the literature. However, when is
finite (semitransparent mirror, a physically realistic situation) the striking
result is obtained that the thermal emission of scalar massless particles obeys
Fermi-Dirac statistics. We also show here that the reverse change of statistics
takes place in a bidimensional fermionic model for massless particles, namely
that the Fermi-Dirac statistics for the completely reflecting situation will
turn into the Bose-Einstein statistics for a partially reflecting, physical
mirror.Comment: 13 pages, no figures, version to appear in Physical Review
Viable Inflationary Evolution from Loop Quantum Cosmology Scalar-Tensor Theory
In this work we construct a bottom-up reconstruction technique for Loop
Quantum Cosmology scalar-tensor theories, from the observational indices.
Particularly, the reconstruction technique is based on fixing the functional
form of the scalar-to-tensor ratio as a function of the -foldings number.
The aim of the technique is to realize viable inflationary scenarios, and the
only assumption that must hold true in order for the reconstruction technique
to work is that the dynamical evolution of the scalar field obeys the slow-roll
conditions. We shall use two functional forms for the scalar-to-tensor ratio,
one of which corresponds to a popular inflationary class of models, the
-attractors. For the latter, we shall calculate the leading order
behavior of the spectral index and we shall demonstrate that the resulting
inflationary theory is viable and compatible with the latest Planck and
BICEP2/Keck-Array data. In addition, we shall find the classical limit of the
theory, and as we demonstrate, the Loop Quantum Cosmology corrected theory and
the classical theory are identical at leading order in the perturbative
expansion quantified by the parameter , which is the critical density
of the quantum theory. Finally, by using the formalism of slow-roll
scalar-tensor Loop Quantum Cosmology, we shall investigate how several
inflationary potentials can be realized by the quantum theory, and we shall
calculate directly the slow-roll indices and the corresponding observational
indices. In addition, the gravity frame picture is presented.Comment: PRD Accepte
Qualitative study in Loop Quantum Cosmology
This work contains a detailed qualitative analysis, in General Relativity and
in Loop Quantum Cosmology, of the dynamics in the associated phase space of a
scalar field minimally coupled with gravity, whose potential mimics the
dynamics of a perfect fluid with a linear Equation of State (EoS). Dealing with
the orbits (solutions) of the system, we will see that there are analytic ones,
which lead to the same dynamics as the perfect fluid, and our goal is to check
their stability, depending on the value of the EoS parameter, i.e., to show
whether the other orbits converge or diverge to these analytic solutions at
early and late times.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures. Version accepted for publication in CQ
Possible polarisation and spin dependent aspects of quantum gravity
We argue that quantum gravity theories that carry a Lie algebraic
modification of the Poincare' and Heisenberg algebras inevitably provide
inhomogeneities that may serve as seeds for cosmological structure formation.
Furthermore, in this class of theories one must expect a strong polarisation
and spin dependence of various quantum-gravity effects.Comment: Awarded an "honourable mention" in the 2007 Gravity Research
Foundation Essay Competitio
Hamiltonian approach to the dynamical Casimir effect
A Hamiltonian approach is introduced in order to address some severe problems
associated with the physical description of the dynamical Casimir effect at all
times. For simplicity, the case of a neutral scalar field in a one-dimensional
cavity with partially transmitting mirrors (an essential proviso) is
considered, but the method can be extended to fields of any kind and higher
dimensions. The motional force calculated in our approach contains a reactive
term --proportional to the mirrors' acceleration-- which is fundamental in
order to obtain (quasi)particles with a positive energy all the time during the
movement of the mirrors --while always satisfying the energy conservation law.
Comparisons with other approaches and a careful analysis of the interrelations
among the different results previously obtained in the literature are carried
out.Comment: 4 pages, no figures; version published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006)
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Viscous Cosmology for Early- and Late-Time Universe
From a hydrodynamicist's point of view the inclusion of viscosity concepts in
the macroscopic theory of the cosmic fluid would appear most natural, as an
ideal fluid is after all an abstraction (excluding special cases such as
superconductivity). Making use of modern observational results for the Hubble
parameter plus standard Friedmann formalism, we may extrapolate the description
of the universe back in time up to the inflationary era, or we may go to the
opposite extreme and analyze the probable ultimate fate of the universe. In
this review we discuss a variety of topics in cosmology when it is enlarged in
order to contain a bulk viscosity. Various forms of this viscosity, when
expressed in terms of the fluid density or the Hubble parameter, are discussed.
Furthermore, we consider homogeneous as well as inhomogeneous equations of
state. We investigate viscous cosmology in the early universe, examining the
viscosity effects on the various inflationary observables. Additionally, we
study viscous cosmology in the late universe, containing current acceleration
and the possible future singularities, and we investigate how one may even
unify inflationary and late-time acceleration. Finally, we analyze the
viscosity-induced crossing through the quintessence-phantom divide, we examine
the realization of viscosity-driven cosmological bounces, and we briefly
discuss how the Cardy-Verlinde formula is affected by viscosity.Comment: 71 pages, Invited Review for Int.J.Mod.Phys.
Brane cosmology from observational surveys and its comparison with standard FRW cosmology
Several dark energy models on the brane are investigated. They are compared
with corresponding theories in the frame of 4d Friedmann-Robertson-Walker
cosmology. To constrain the parameters of the models considered, recent
observational data, including SNIa apparent magnitude measurements, baryon
acoustic oscillation results, Hubble parameter evolution data and matter
density perturbations are used. Explicit formulas of the so-called {\it
state-finder} parameters in teleparallel theories are obtained that could be
useful to test these models and to establish a link between Loop Quantum
Cosmology and Brane Cosmology. It is concluded that a joint analysis as the one
developed here allows to estimate, in a very convenient way, possible deviation
of the real universe cosmology from the standard Friedmann-Robertson-Walker
one.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1206.219
Bounce Loop Quantum Cosmology Corrected Gauss-Bonnet Gravity
We develop a Gauss-Bonnet extension of Loop Quantum Cosmology, by introducing
holonomy corrections in modified theories of gravity. Within
the context of our formalism, we provide a perturbative expansion in the
critical density, a parameter characteristic of Loop Quantum Gravity theories,
and we result in having leading order corrections to the classical
theories of gravity. After extensively discussing the
formalism, we present a reconstruction method that makes possible to find the
Loop Quantum Cosmology corrected theory that can realize
various cosmological scenarios. Specifically, we studied exponential and
power-law bouncing cosmologies, emphasizing on the behavior near the bouncing
point and in some cases, the behavior for all the values of the cosmic time is
obtained. We exemplify our theoretical constructions by using bouncing
cosmologies, and we investigate which Loop Quantum Cosmology corrected
Gauss-Bonnet modified gravities can successfully realize such cosmologies.Comment: Revised version, to appear in PR
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