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Attractor solutions in tachyacoustic cosmology

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Author(s):
Bessada, Dennis [1, 2] ; Kinney, William H. [3]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, UNIFESP, Lab Fis Teorica & Comput Cientifica, Campus Diadema, BR-09913030 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] INPE, Div Astrofis, BR-12227010 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] SUNY Buffalo, Dept Phys, Buffalo, NY 14260 - USA
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Physical Review D; v. 86, n. 8 OCT 1 2012.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

We study the dynamical stability of tachyacoustic cosmological models, in which primordial perturbations are generated by a shrinking sound horizon during a period of decelerating expansion. Such models represent a potential alternative to inflationary cosmology, but the phase-space behavior of tachyacoustic solutions has not previously been investigated. We numerically evaluate the dynamics of two noncanonical Lagrangians, a cuscuton-like Lagrangian and a Dirac-Born-Infeld Lagrangian, which generate a scale-invariant spectrum of perturbations. We show that the power-law background solutions in both cases are dynamical attractors. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 09/15612-6 - Signatures of non-singular quantum cosmological models in the cosmic microwave background radiation
Grantee:Dennis Fernandes Alves Bessada
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral