| Speaker: | Kevin Vandersloot
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Phenomenological implications of discreteness in loop quantum
cosmology
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| Abstract: |
We discuss non-perturbative modifications to standard
Friedmann dynamics implied by loop quantum cosmology. Particular focus
is paid to effects arising from the discrete quantum geometry inherant
in loop quantum cosmology. We show that these effects can imply bouncing
behavior even in spatially flat models. We discuss the implications for
pre big-bang and cyclic style models of string cosmology. Lastly we
discuss how these effects can help provide sucessful initial conditions
for inflation with a possibly measurable signature.
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