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Birth of De Sitter Universe from a Time Crystal Universe
PHYSICAL REVIEW D 100, 123531 (2019) Birth of de Sitter universe from a time crystal universe † Daisuke Yoshida * and Jiro Soda Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan (Received 30 September 2019; published 18 December 2019) We show that a simple subclass of Horndeski theory can describe a time crystal universe. The time crystal universe can be regarded as a baby universe nucleated from a flat space, which is mediated by an extension of Giddings-Strominger instanton in a 2-form theory dual to the Horndeski theory. Remarkably, when a cosmological constant is included, de Sitter universe can be created by tunneling from the time crystal universe. It gives rise to a past completion of an inflationary universe. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.123531 I. INTRODUCTION Euler-Lagrange equations of motion contain up to second order derivatives. Actually, bouncing cosmology in the Inflation has succeeded in explaining current observa- Horndeski theory has been intensively investigated so far tions of the large scale structure of the Universe [1,2]. [23–29]. These analyses show the presence of gradient However, inflation has a past boundary [3], which could be instability [30,31] and finally no-go theorem for stable a true initial singularity or just a coordinate singularity bouncing cosmology in Horndeski theory was found for the depending on how much the Universe deviates from the spatially flat universe [32]. However, it was shown that the exact de Sitter [4], or depending on the topology of the no-go theorem does not hold when the spatial curvature is Universe [5]. -
Expanding Space, Quasars and St. Augustine's Fireworks
Universe 2015, 1, 307-356; doi:10.3390/universe1030307 OPEN ACCESS universe ISSN 2218-1997 www.mdpi.com/journal/universe Article Expanding Space, Quasars and St. Augustine’s Fireworks Olga I. Chashchina 1;2 and Zurab K. Silagadze 2;3;* 1 École Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Department of physics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630 090, Russia 3 Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS and Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630 090, Russia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]. Academic Editors: Lorenzo Iorio and Elias C. Vagenas Received: 5 May 2015 / Accepted: 14 September 2015 / Published: 1 October 2015 Abstract: An attempt is made to explain time non-dilation allegedly observed in quasar light curves. The explanation is based on the assumption that quasar black holes are, in some sense, foreign for our Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe and do not participate in the Hubble flow. Although at first sight such a weird explanation requires unreasonably fine-tuned Big Bang initial conditions, we find a natural justification for it using the Milne cosmological model as an inspiration. Keywords: quasar light curves; expanding space; Milne cosmological model; Hubble flow; St. Augustine’s objects PACS classifications: 98.80.-k, 98.54.-h You’d think capricious Hebe, feeding the eagle of Zeus, had raised a thunder-foaming goblet, unable to restrain her mirth, and tipped it on the earth. F.I.Tyutchev. A Spring Storm, 1828. Translated by F.Jude [1]. 1. Introduction “Quasar light curves do not show the effects of time dilation”—this result of the paper [2] seems incredible. -
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters
Accepted by the Astrophysical Journal First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters D. N. Spergel 2, L. Verde 2 3, H. V. Peiris 2, E. Komatsu 2, M. R. Nolta 4, C. L. Bennett 5, M. Halpern 6, G. Hinshaw 5, N. Jarosik 4, A. Kogut 5, M. Limon 5 7, S. S. Meyer 8, L. Page 4, G. S. Tucker 5 7 9, J. L. Weiland 10, E. Wollack 5, & E. L. Wright 11 [email protected] ABSTRACT WMAP precision data enables accurate testing of cosmological models. We find that the emerging standard model of cosmology, a flat ¡ −dominated universe seeded by a nearly scale-invariant adiabatic Gaussian fluctuations, fits the WMAP data. For the WMAP data 2 2 £ ¢ ¤ ¢ £ ¢ ¤ ¢ £ ¢ only, the best fit parameters are h = 0 ¢ 72 0 05, bh = 0 024 0 001, mh = 0 14 0 02, ¥ +0 ¦ 076 ¢ £ ¢ § ¢ £ ¢ = 0 ¢ 166− , n = 0 99 0 04, and = 0 9 0 1. With parameters fixed only by WMAP 0 ¦ 071 s 8 data, we can fit finer scale CMB measurements and measurements of large scale structure (galaxy surveys and the Lyman ¨ forest). This simple model is also consistent with a host of other astronomical measurements: its inferred age of the universe is consistent with stel- lar ages, the baryon/photon ratio is consistent with measurements of the [D]/[H] ratio, and the inferred Hubble constant is consistent with local observations of the expansion rate. We then fit the model parameters to a combination of WMAP data with other finer scale CMB experi- ments (ACBAR and CBI), 2dFGRS measurements and Lyman ¨ forest data to find the model’s 1WMAP is the result of a partnership between Princeton University and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. -
On Asymptotically De Sitter Space: Entropy & Moduli Dynamics
On Asymptotically de Sitter Space: Entropy & Moduli Dynamics To Appear... [1206.nnnn] Mahdi Torabian International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste String Phenomenology Workshop 2012 Isaac Newton Institute , CAMBRIDGE 1 Tuesday, June 26, 12 WMAP 7-year Cosmological Interpretation 3 TABLE 1 The state of Summarythe ofart the cosmological of Observational parameters of ΛCDM modela Cosmology b c Class Parameter WMAP 7-year ML WMAP+BAO+H0 ML WMAP 7-year Mean WMAP+BAO+H0 Mean 2 +0.056 Primary 100Ωbh 2.227 2.253 2.249−0.057 2.255 ± 0.054 2 Ωch 0.1116 0.1122 0.1120 ± 0.0056 0.1126 ± 0.0036 +0.030 ΩΛ 0.729 0.728 0.727−0.029 0.725 ± 0.016 ns 0.966 0.967 0.967 ± 0.014 0.968 ± 0.012 τ 0.085 0.085 0.088 ± 0.015 0.088 ± 0.014 2 d −9 −9 −9 −9 ∆R(k0) 2.42 × 10 2.42 × 10 (2.43 ± 0.11) × 10 (2.430 ± 0.091) × 10 +0.030 Derived σ8 0.809 0.810 0.811−0.031 0.816 ± 0.024 H0 70.3km/s/Mpc 70.4km/s/Mpc 70.4 ± 2.5km/s/Mpc 70.2 ± 1.4km/s/Mpc Ωb 0.0451 0.0455 0.0455 ± 0.0028 0.0458 ± 0.0016 Ωc 0.226 0.226 0.228 ± 0.027 0.229 ± 0.015 2 +0.0056 Ωmh 0.1338 0.1347 0.1345−0.0055 0.1352 ± 0.0036 e zreion 10.4 10.3 10.6 ± 1.210.6 ± 1.2 f t0 13.79 Gyr 13.76 Gyr 13.77 ± 0.13 Gyr 13.76 ± 0.11 Gyr a The parameters listed here are derived using the RECFAST 1.5 and version 4.1 of the WMAP[WMAP-7likelihood 1001.4538] code. -
FIRST-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (WMAP) 1 OBSERVATIONS: DETERMINATION of COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS D. N. Spergel,2
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 148:175–194, 2003 September E # 2003. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. FIRST-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (WMAP)1 OBSERVATIONS: DETERMINATION OF COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS D. N. Spergel,2 L. Verde,2,3 H. V. Peiris,2 E. Komatsu,2 M. R. Nolta,4 C. L. Bennett,5 M. Halpern,6 G. Hinshaw,5 N. Jarosik,4 A. Kogut,5 M. Limon,5,7 S. S. Meyer,8 L. Page,4 G. S. Tucker,5,7,9 J. L. Weiland,10 E. Wollack,5 and E. L. Wright11 Received 2003 February 11; accepted 2003 May 20 ABSTRACT WMAP precision data enable accurate testing of cosmological models. We find that the emerging standard model of cosmology, a flat Ã-dominated universe seeded by a nearly scale-invariant adiabatic Gaussian fluctuations, fits the WMAP data. For the WMAP data only, the best-fit parameters are h ¼ 0:72 Æ 0:05, 2 2 þ0:076 bh ¼ 0:024 Æ 0:001, mh ¼ 0:14 Æ 0:02, ¼ 0:166À0:071, ns ¼ 0:99 Æ 0:04, and 8 ¼ 0:9 Æ 0:1. With parameters fixed only by WMAP data, we can fit finer scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) measure- ments and measurements of large-scale structure (galaxy surveys and the Ly forest). This simple model is also consistent with a host of other astronomical measurements: its inferred age of the universe is consistent with stellar ages, the baryon/photon ratio is consistent with measurements of the [D/H] ratio, and the inferred Hubble constant is consistent with local observations of the expansion rate. -
CMBEASY:: an Object Oriented Code for the Cosmic Microwave
www.cmbeasy.org CMBEASY:: an Object Oriented Code for the Cosmic Microwave Background Michael Doran∗ Department of Physics & Astronomy, HB 6127 Wilder Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA and Institut f¨ur Theoretische Physik der Universit¨at Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany We have ported the cmbfast package to the C++ programming language to produce cmbeasy, an object oriented code for the cosmic microwave background. The code is available at www.cmbeasy.org. We sketch the design of the new code, emphasizing the benefits of object orienta- tion in cosmology, which allow for simple substitution of different cosmological models and gauges. Both gauge invariant perturbations and quintessence support has been added to the code. For ease of use, as well as for instruction, a graphical user interface is available. I. INTRODUCTION energy, dark matter, baryons and neutrinos. The dark energy can be a cosmological constant or quintessence. The cmbfast computer program for calculating cos- There are three scalar field field models implemented, or mic microwave background (CMB) temperature and po- alternatively one may specify an equation-of-state his- larization anisotropy spectra, implementing the fast line- tory. Furthermore, the modular code is easily adapted of-sight integration method, has been publicly available to new problems in cosmology. since 1996 [1]. It has been widely used to calculate spec- In the next section IIA we explain object oriented pro- cm- tra for open, closed, and flat cosmological models con- gramming and its use in cosmology. The design of beasy taining baryons and photons, cold dark matter, massless is presented in section II B, while the graphical and massive neutrinos, and a cosmological constant. -
The Effects of the Small-Scale Behaviour of Dark Matter Power Spectrum on CMB Spectral Distortion
Prepared for submission to JCAP The effects of the small-scale behaviour of dark matter power spectrum on CMB spectral distortion Abir Sarkar,1,2 Shiv.K.Sethi,1 Subinoy Das3 1Raman Research Institute, CV Raman Ave Sadashivnagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560080, India 2Indian Institute of Science,CV Raman Ave, Devasandra Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India 3Indian Institute of Astrophysics,100 Feet Rd, Madiwala, 2nd Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560034, India E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Abstract. After numerous astronomical and experimental searches, the precise particle nature of dark matter is still unknown. The standard Weakly Interacting Massive Particle(WIMP) dark mat- ter, despite successfully explaining the large-scale features of the universe, has long-standing small- scale issues. The spectral distortion in the Cosmic Microwave Background(CMB) caused by Silk damping in the pre-recombination era allows one to access information on a range of small scales 0.3Mpc <k< 104 Mpc−1, whose dynamics can be precisely described using linear theory. In this paper, we investigate the possibility of using the Silk damping induced CMB spectral distortion as a probe of the small-scale power. We consider four suggested alternative dark matter candidates— Warm Dark Matter (WDM), Late Forming Dark Matter (LFDM), Ultra Light Axion (ULA) dark matter and Charged Decaying Dark Matter (CHDM); the matter power in all these models deviate significantly from the ΛCDM model at small scales. We compute the spectral distortion of CMB for these alternative models and compare our results with the ΛCDM model. We show that the main arXiv:1701.07273v3 [astro-ph.CO] 7 Jul 2017 impact of alternative models is to alter the sub-horizon evolution of the Newtonian potential which affects the late-time behaviour of spectral distortion of CMB. -
Galaxy Formation Within the Classical Big Bang Cosmology
Galaxy formation within the classical Big Bang Cosmology Bernd Vollmer CDS, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg Outline • some basics of astronomy small structure • galaxies, AGNs, and quasars • from galaxies to the large scale structure of the universe large • the theory of cosmology structure • measuring cosmological parameters • structure formation • galaxy formation in the cosmological framework • open questions small structure The architecture of the universe • Earth (~10-9 ly) • solar system (~6 10-4 ly) • nearby stars (> 5 ly) • Milky Way (~6 104 ly) • Galaxies (>2 106 ly) • large scale structure (> 50 106 ly) How can we investigate the universe Astronomical objects emit elctromagnetic waves which we can use to study them. BUT The earth’s atmosphere blocks a part of the electromagnetic spectrum. need for satellites Back body radiation • Opaque isolated body at a constant temperature Wien’s law: sun/star (5500 K): 0.5 µm visible human being (310 K): 9 µm infrared molecular cloud (15 K): 200 µm radio The structure of an atom Components: nucleus (protons, neutrons) + electrons Bohr’s model: the electrons orbit around the nucleus, the orbits are discrete Bohr’s model is too simplistic quantum mechanical description The emission of an astronomical object has 2 components: (i) continuum emission + (ii) line emission Stellar spectra Observing in colors Usage of filters (Johnson): U (UV), B (blue), V (visible), R (red), I (infrared) The Doppler effect • Is the apparent change in frequency and wavelength of a wave which is emitted by -
The Optical Depth to Reionization As a Probe of Cosmological and Astrophysical Parameters Aparna Venkatesan University of San Francisco, [email protected]
The University of San Francisco USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center Physics and Astronomy College of Arts and Sciences 2000 The Optical Depth to Reionization as a Probe of Cosmological and Astrophysical Parameters Aparna Venkatesan University of San Francisco, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.usfca.edu/phys Part of the Astrophysics and Astronomy Commons, and the Physics Commons Recommended Citation Aparna Venkatesan. The Optical Depth to Reionization as a Probe of Cosmological and Astrophysical Parameters. The Astrophysical Journal, 537:55-64, 2000 July 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/309033 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Arts and Sciences at USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. It has been accepted for inclusion in Physics and Astronomy by an authorized administrator of USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 537:55È64, 2000 July 1 ( 2000. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. THE OPTICAL DEPTH TO REIONIZATION AS A PROBE OF COSMOLOGICAL AND ASTROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS APARNA VENKATESAN Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; aparna=oddjob.uchicago.edu Received 1999 December 17; accepted 2000 February 8 ABSTRACT Current data of high-redshift absorption-line systems imply that hydrogen reionization occurred before redshifts of about 5. Previous works on reionization by the Ðrst stars or quasars have shown that such scenarios are described by a large number of cosmological and astrophysical parameters. -
FRW Cosmology
17/11/2016 Cosmology 13.8 Gyrs of Big Bang History Gravity Ruler of the Universe 1 17/11/2016 Strong Nuclear Force Responsible for holding particles together inside the nucleus. The nuclear strong force carrier particle is called the gluon. The nuclear strong interaction has a range of 10‐15 m (diameter of a proton). Electromagnetic Force Responsible for electric and magnetic interactions, and determines structure of atoms and molecules. The electromagnetic force carrier particle is the photon (quantum of light) The electromagnetic interaction range is infinite. Weak Force Responsible for (beta) radioactivity. The weak force carrier particles are called weak gauge bosons (Z,W+,W‐). The nuclear weak interaction has a range of 10‐17 m (1% of proton diameter). Gravity Responsible for the attraction between masses. Although the gravitational force carrier The hypothetical (carrier) particle is the graviton. The gravitational interaction range is infinite. By far the weakest force of nature. 2 17/11/2016 The weakest force, by far, rules the Universe … Gravity has dominated its evolution, and determines its fate … Grand Unified Theories (GUT) Grand Unified Theories * describe how ∑ Strong ∑ Weak ∑ Electromagnetic Forces are manifestations of the same underlying GUT force … * This implies the strength of the forces to diverge from their uniform GUT strength * Interesting to see whether gravity at some very early instant unifies with these forces ??? 3 17/11/2016 Newton’s Static Universe ∑ In two thousand years of astronomy, no one ever guessed that the universe might be expanding. ∑ To ancient Greek astronomers and philosophers, the universe was seen as the embodiment of perfection, the heavens were truly heavenly: – unchanging, permanent, and geometrically perfect. -
“De Sitter Effect” in the Rise of Modern Relativistic Cosmology
The role played by the “de Sitter effect” in the rise of modern relativistic cosmology ● Matteo Realdi ● Department of Astronomy, Padova ● Sait 2009. Pisa, 7-5-2009 Table of contents ● Introduction ● 1917: Einstein, de Sitter and the universes of General Relativity ● 1920's: the debates on the “de Sitter effect”. The connection between theory and observation and the rise of scientific cosmology ● 1930: the expanding universe and the decline of the interest in the de Sitter effect ● Conclusion 1 - Introduction ● Modern cosmology: study of the origin, structure and evolution of the universe as a whole, based on the interpretation of astronomical observations at different wave- lengths through the laws of physics ● The early years: 1917-1930. Extremely relevant period, characterized by new ideas, discoveries, controversies, in the light of the first comparison of theoretical world-models with observations at the turning point of relativity revolution ● Particular attention on the interest in the so-called “de Sitter effect”, a theoretical redshift-distance relation which is predicted through the line element of the empty universe of de Sitter ● The de Sitter effect: fundamental influence in contributions that scientists as de Sitter, Eddington, Weyl, Lanczos, Lemaître, Robertson, Tolman, Silberstein, Wirtz, Lundmark, Stromberg, Hubble offered during the 1920's both in theoretical and in observational cosmology (emergence of the modern approach of cosmologists) ➔ Predictions and confirmations of an appropriate redshift- distance relation marked the tortuous process towards the change of viewpoint from the 1917 paradigm of a static universe to the 1930 picture of an expanding universe evolving both in space and in time 2 - 1917: the Universes of General Relativity ● General relativity: a suitable theory in order to describe the whole of space, time and gravitation? ● Two different metrics, i.e. -
Cosmic Microwave Background
1 29. Cosmic Microwave Background 29. Cosmic Microwave Background Revised August 2019 by D. Scott (U. of British Columbia) and G.F. Smoot (HKUST; Paris U.; UC Berkeley; LBNL). 29.1 Introduction The energy content in electromagnetic radiation from beyond our Galaxy is dominated by the cosmic microwave background (CMB), discovered in 1965 [1]. The spectrum of the CMB is well described by a blackbody function with T = 2.7255 K. This spectral form is a main supporting pillar of the hot Big Bang model for the Universe. The lack of any observed deviations from a 7 blackbody spectrum constrains physical processes over cosmic history at redshifts z ∼< 10 (see earlier versions of this review). Currently the key CMB observable is the angular variation in temperature (or intensity) corre- lations, and to a growing extent polarization [2–4]. Since the first detection of these anisotropies by the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite [5], there has been intense activity to map the sky at increasing levels of sensitivity and angular resolution by ground-based and balloon-borne measurements. These were joined in 2003 by the first results from NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)[6], which were improved upon by analyses of data added every 2 years, culminating in the 9-year results [7]. In 2013 we had the first results [8] from the third generation CMB satellite, ESA’s Planck mission [9,10], which were enhanced by results from the 2015 Planck data release [11, 12], and then the final 2018 Planck data release [13, 14]. Additionally, CMB an- isotropies have been extended to smaller angular scales by ground-based experiments, particularly the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) [15] and the South Pole Telescope (SPT) [16].