Scalar and tensor perturbations in DHOST bounce cosmology

We investigate the bounce realization in the framework of DHOST cosmology, focusing on the relation with observables. We perform a detailed analysis of the scalar and tensor perturbations during the Ekpyrotic contraction phase, the bounce phase, and the fast-roll expansion phase, calculating the pow...

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Published in:Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics 2021-11, Vol.2021 (11), p.45
Main Authors: Zhu, Mian, Ilyas, Amara, Zheng, Yunlong, Cai, Yi-Fu, Saridakis, Emmanuel N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alternatives to inflation
Cosmological perturbation theory in GR and beyond
Cosmology
cosmology of theories beyond the SM
Fluctuations
Initial conditions
Mathematical analysis
Perturbation
Power spectra
Scale invariance
Tensors
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Summary:We investigate the bounce realization in the framework of DHOST cosmology, focusing on the relation with observables. We perform a detailed analysis of the scalar and tensor perturbations during the Ekpyrotic contraction phase, the bounce phase, and the fast-roll expansion phase, calculating the power spectra, the spectral indices and the tensor-to-scalar ratio. Furthermore, we study the initial conditions, incorporating perturbations generated by Ekpyrotic vacuum fluctuations, by matter vacuum fluctuations, and by thermal fluctuations. The scale invariance of the scalar power spectrum can be acquired introducing a matter contraction phase before the Ekpyrotic phase, or invoking a thermal gas as the source. The DHOST bounce scenario with cosmological perturbations generated by thermal fluctuations proves to be the most efficient one, and the corresponding predictions are in perfect agreement with observational bounds. Especially the tensor-to-scalar ratio is many orders of magnitude within the allowed region, since it is suppressed by the Hubble parameter at the beginning of the bounce phase.
ISSN:1475-7516
1475-7516
DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2021/11/045