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Suppressing CMB Quadrupole with a Bounce from Contracting Phase to Inflation

arXiv:hep-th/0310206 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.69.103520

Abstract

Recent released WMAP data show a low value of quadrupole in the CMB temperature fluctuations, which confirms the early observations by COBE. In this paper, a scenario, in which a contracting phase is followed by an inflationary phase, is constructed. We calculate the perturbation spectrum and show that this scenario can provide a reasonable explanation for lower CMB anisotropies on large angular scales.

5 pages, 3 figures

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