Testing Predictions of the Quantum Landscape
Multiverse
Samuel Barroso Bellido
24-May-2019
Szczecin Cosmology Group Friday Seminar
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Index
1 Theoretical Foundations
2 Predictions
Starobinsky Potential
Exponential Potential
Hilltop Potential
3 Summary and Conclusions
4 References
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Theoretical Foundations
Warning!
Due to the Nature of the Friday Seminars, any intention to go through
the calculations is recommended to be abandoned. Hence, we decided
to discuss it waving hands.
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Theoretical Foundations
Theoretical Foundations
Holman/Mersini-Houghton/Takahashi (2008)
Study of the Entanglement between different patches.
String Theory =⇒ Landscape: {MP (global), MSUSY (local)}
In the Worktable:
Minisuperspace: {a, φin }
Tunneling from the vacua
−1
⇒ Wavepackets [E ∼ b ∼ MSUSY , Width ∼ b−1 ∼ MSUSY ].
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Theoretical Foundations
Entanglement in the initial mixed state: Shift in the energy!
H = Ho + ∑ Hn ,
n
where Hn is the hamiltonian of interaction.
And, effectively, the Friedman equation changes as if:
Veff (φ, b) = V (φ) + ∆E(φ, b),
thus:
3MP H2 = Veff (φ, b),
and so it happens with the field equation:
.
3H φ = −Veff,φ (φ, b).
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Theoretical Foundations
The computation of ∆E(φ, b) is subtle: one needs to look for a
maximum and a minimum length!
Looking our Worktable1 :
aH seems the favourite maximum size, and
ab seems the only possible value!
Then, the following step is to choose a potential and modify it:
Testing Predictions of the Quantum Landscape Multiverse: ...
1 ... The Starobisky Inflationary Potential
2 ... The Exponential Inflationary Potential
3 ... The Hilltop Inflationary Potential
=⇒ Valentino and Mersini-Houghton (2018).
1 Minisuperspace: {a, φin }, and Wavepackets [E ∼ b, Width ∼ b−1 ].
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Predictions Starobinsky Potential
Starobinsky Potential
Starobinsky Potential:
√2 φ
2
−
V (φ) = Vo 1 − e 3 MP
Fixed tensor-to-scalar ratio: r ∼ 0.002968! =⇒ ΛCDM-r
The interval of the parameters and the temperature CMB angular
power spectrum:
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Predictions Starobinsky Potential
b > 1.2 × 107 GeV
Vo = (2.208 ± 0.075) × 1010 M4P
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Predictions Starobinsky Potential
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Predictions Starobinsky Potential
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Predictions Starobinsky Potential
b ∈ [1.2 × 107 , 6.5 × 108 ] GeV
ω could be < −1
Neff = 3.045
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Predictions Exponential Potential
Exponential Potential
Exponential Potential:
λφ
−M
V (φ) = Vo e P
Same Methodology...
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Predictions Exponential Potential
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Predictions Exponential Potential
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Predictions Exponential Potential
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Predictions Exponential Potential
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Predictions Exponential Potential
b ∈ [2.6 × 108 , 1.4 × 1010 ] GeV
λ = 0.098+ 0.040
−0.026
Vo < 1.0 × 10−8 M4P
Neff = 3.51 ± 0.15 =⇒ Dark Radiation!
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Predictions Hilltop Potential
Hilltop Potential
Hilltop Potential:
" 2 #
φp
1 φ
V (φ) = Vo 1 − chill + λhill p−4
2 MP MP
Same Methodology... for p = 4 and p = 6
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Predictions Hilltop Potential
Top: p = 4. Bottom: p = 6.
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Predictions Hilltop Potential
Top: p = 4. Bottom: p = 6.
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Predictions Hilltop Potential
p=4
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Predictions Hilltop Potential
p=6
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Predictions Hilltop Potential
p = 4 (ω-varying) p = 6 (ω-varying)
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Predictions Hilltop Potential
I.e., if Neff > 3 fixed, PlanckTT+lowP:
p = 4. p=6
+0.068
r < 0.126 r = 0.388− 0.061
b > 5.1 × 106 GeV b > 6.8 × 107 GeV
Vo < 15.9 × 10−12 M4P Vo < (46 ± 10) × 10−12 M4P
λhill = 0.309+ 0.079
−0.059 × 10
−11
λhill > 0.937
chill < 0.00494 chill < 0.00127
(ω-varying) ω = −1.55+ 0.59
−0.48 (ω-varying) ω = −1.61+ 0.40
−0.31
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Summary and Conclusions
Summary and Conclusions
Entangled disconnected patches of the Universe could have an
imprint on the evolution of each patch.
In this model, the entanglement affects the Friedman equations
directly by adding a term depending on φ and b.
Apparently, there is always a set of parameters which fits the
experimental observations.
MSUSY ∼ b > 106 GeV Today: 103 GeV.
r < 0.4 (usually r < 0.2)
Neff ≥ 3 =⇒ Dark radiation like sterile neutrinos!
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References
Further Reading I
R. Holman, L. Mersini-Houghton, T. Takahashi.
Cosmological avatars of the landscape. I. Bracketing the supersymmetry
breaking scale.
PR D 77, 063510 (2008).
E.D. Valentino, L. Mersini-Houghton.
Testing predictions of the quantum landscape multiverse 1: the
Starobinsky inflationary potential
JCAP 03 (2017) 002.
E.D. Valentino, L. Mersini-Houghton.
Testing predictions of the quantum landscape multiverse 2: the
exponential inflationary potential
JCAP 03 (2017) 020.
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References
Further Reading II
E.D. Valentino, L. Mersini-Houghton.
Testing predictions of the quantum landscape multiverse 3: The
Hilltop Inflationary Potential
arXiv:1807.10833.
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References
Thanks!
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