Quantum-gravitational effects on gauge-invariant scalar and tensor perturbations during inflation: The de Sitter case
arXiv:1511.05545 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.104035
Abstract
We present detailed calculations for quantum-gravitational corrections to the power spectra of gauge-invariant scalar and tensor perturbations during inflation. This is done by performing a semiclassical Born-Oppenheimer type of approximation to the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, from which we obtain a Schroedinger equation with quantum-gravitational correction terms. As a first step, we perform our calculation for a de Sitter universe and find that the correction terms lead to an enhancement of power on the largest scales.
21 pages, 5 figures, clarifications and references added, version accepted for publication in Physical Review D
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