Quantum fluctuations in the open universe
arXiv:gr-qc/9707007 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.57.2147
Abstract
We solve a continuing controversy when dealing with density fluctuations in open Friedman-Robertson-Walker universes, on the physical relevance of a class of exponential modes. We show explicitly and rigorously that these modes enter the expansion of quantum fields. In the maximally symmetric de Sitter case, encountered in inflationary models, they are excited for fields with mass below a critical value. They are seen to be responsible for the breaking of the de Sitter symmetry for a massless field. We provide an exact calculation of the power spectrum for any mass. Our method is free of the divergences that appear in earlier treatments. We extend the construction to a generic open FRW universe.
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