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Title: A Causal Source which Mimics Inflation

Authors: Neil Turok
Abstract: How unique are the inflationary predictions for the cosmic microwave anisotropy pattern? In this paper, it is asked whether an arbitrary causal source for perturbations in the standard hot big bang could effectively mimic the predictions of the simplest inflationary models. A surprisingly simple example of a `scaling' causal source is found to closely reproduce the inflationary predictions. This letter extends the work of a previous paper (ref. 6) to a full computation of the anisotropy pattern, including the Sachs Wolfe integral. I speculate on the possible physics behind such a source.
Comments: 4 pages, RevTex, 3 figures
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
Journal reference: Phys.Rev.Lett. 77 (1996) 4138-4141
Report number: DAMTP preprint 96-69
Cite as: arXiv:astro-ph/9607109v1

Submission history

From: Neil G. Turok [view email]
[v1] Mon, 22 Jul 1996 21:44:40 GMT (94kb)