Eigen Reconstruction of Perturbations to the Primordial Tensor Power Spectrum

Holonomy Corrections to the Cosmological Primordial Tensor Power Spectrum

Loop quantum gravity is one of the leading candidate theory to non-perturbatively quantize gravity. In this framework, holonomy corrections to the equation of propagation of gravitons in a FLRW background have been derived. We investigate the consequences of those corrections on the tensor power spectrum in de-Sitter and slow-roll inflations, for n=-1/2. Depending on the value of the Barbero-Im...

Bayesian optimal reconstruction of the primordial power spectrum

The form of the primordial power spectrum has the potential to differentiate strongly between competing models of perturbation generation in the early universe and so is of considerable importance. The recent release of five years of WMAP observations have confirmed the general picture of the primordial power spectrum as deviating slightly from scale invariance with a spectral tilt parameter of...

Lecture XXXVIII: Primordial perturbations: tensor sector

Reconstructing the primordial power spectrum

We reconstruct the shape of the primordial power spectrum from the latest cosmic microwave background data, including the new results from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), and large scale structure data from the two degree field galaxy redshift survey (2dFGRS). We tested four parameterizations taking into account the uncertainties in four cosmological parameters. First we parame...

Reconstructing the Primordial Power Spectrum

The combination of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy measurements and Large-Scale Structure observations has caused dissatisfaction with the standard Cold Dark Matter (sCDM) cosmogony, leading some to advocate a “tilt” of the primordial power spectrum away from scale-invariant (n = 1) to n = 0.8− 0.9. 1 Other CDM cosmogonies have not commonly been tilted but their agreement with the ...