Nonclassical cosmological dynamics in the low-energy limit of loop quantum scalar-tensor theory

Abstract

In previous work, we showed that in loop quantum cosmology of scalar-tensor theory (STT) with the holonomy correction the background equations of motion in the Jordan frame have two branches, i.e., the $b_{+}$ branch and the $b_{-}$ branch. In the low-energy limit, the $b_{+}$ branch of the equations of motion reproduce the equations of motion of classical STT while the $b_{-}$ branch of equations of motion do not reproduce the classical equations. In this paper, we investigate cosmological dynamics in an expanding universe whose background is described by the the $b_{-}$ branch of equations of motion of STT, and we especially focus on the dynamics of the perturbations in the low-energy limit because it is most relevant to the current observational range. First, we find a low-energy effective Hamiltonian which can yield the low-energy limit of the $b_{-}$ branch of equations, this Hamiltonian consists of constraints whose constraint algebra is different from the classical case but also closed up to arbitrary order of perturbations. Remarkably, we find that this Hamiltonian can be transformed into the Hamiltonian of the Einstein frame by field redefinitions. Moreover, we also develop the linear cosmological perturbation theory and apply it to study the slow-roll inflation. Finally, we study a specific model of STT. In this model, a contracting universe described by classical STT in the remote past can pass through the bounce and evolve into an expanding universe whose background dynamics is described by the $b_{-}$ branch of equations of motion. It is shown that the slow-roll inflation can take place in this case, and the spectral indices of the slow-roll inflation agree well with the observations. The results in this paper indicate that there exists an alternative consistent theory which is different from the classical theory in the low-energy limit of loop quantum STT.

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