Conformal frames in cosmology

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  • Guillem Domènech Fuertes

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  • Kyoto University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1645006
FachzeitschriftInternational Journal of Modern Physics D
Jahrgang25
Ausgabenummer13
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2016
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

From higher dimensional theories, e.g. string theory, one expects the presence of nonminimally coupled scalar fields. We review the notion of conformal frames in cosmology and emphasize their physical equivalence, which holds at least at a classical level. Furthermore, if there is a field, or fields, which dominates the universe, as it is often the case in cosmology, we can use such notion of frames to treat our system, matter and gravity, as two different sectors. On one hand, the gravity sector which describes the dynamics of the geometry and on the other hand, the matter sector which has such geometry as a playground. We use this interpretation to build a model where the fact that a curvaton couples to a particular frame metric could leave an imprint in the cosmic microwave background (CMB).

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Conformal frames in cosmology. / Domènech Fuertes, Guillem.
in: International Journal of Modern Physics D, Jahrgang 25, Nr. 13, 1645006, 2016.

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Domènech Fuertes G. Conformal frames in cosmology. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 2016;25(13):1645006. doi: 10.1142/S0218271816450061
Domènech Fuertes, Guillem. / Conformal frames in cosmology. in: International Journal of Modern Physics D. 2016 ; Jahrgang 25, Nr. 13.
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