Quantum-Gravity Phenomenology: Cosmology  

In General > s.a. general relativistic cosmology [varying c, G]; gravitational phenomenology; quantum cosmology; semiclassical cosmology.
@ Observable effects of quantum gravity: Bojowald & Morales LNP(04)gq/03 [lqg]; Bojowald JPCS(05)gq [early universe], AIP(07)gq; Szydłowski et al PRD(08)-a0706 [weak bounds, indistinguishable from Λ-CDM]; Amelino-Camelia & Kowalski-Gilkman ed-05 [r CQG(07)]; Marcianò et al JCAP(10)-a1004 [interplay between curvature and Planck-scale effects]; Bojowald NPA(11)-a1109 [in the very early universe]; Fabris et al IJMPA(12)-a1203-proc; Blasco et al CJP(15)-a1501 [echoes of the early universe]; Liu et al EPJC(16)-a1607 [consequences of quantum metric fluctuations]; Barrau CRP(17)-a1705 [overview]; Calcagni et al PLB(19)-a1904 [luminosity distance scaling for gravitational waves]; Freidel et al a2104 [in the infrared].
@ Perturbations: Ashtekar & Gupt CQG(17)-a1608 & CQG+ [perturbation spectrum and correlations]; Agulló et al CQG(17)-a1611 [effect of large fluctuations of quantum geometry]; Gielen & Oriti a1709; > s.a. cosmological perturbations.
@ Cosmic microwave background: Gratton et al PRD(00)ap/99; Di Stefano et al ap/01/ApJ; Elgarøy & Hannestad PRD(03)ap [not much effect]; Tsujikawa et al CQG(04)ap/03 [lqg]; Hamada & Yukawa MPLA(05)ap/04; Easther et al JCAP(05)ap/04; Calcagni a1709-proc [modulation pattern]; Calmet et al EPJC(19)-a1903; Melia EPJC(19)-a1905 [cutoff in the in the cmb fluctuation spectrum]; Ashtekar et al a2001; > s.a. cmb, cmb anisotropy and polarization; gravitons.
@ Cosmological fields: Martin & Brandenberger ap/00-MG9; Casadio & Mersini IJMPA(04)ht/02 [cmb vs black holes]; Hogan FdP(02)ap [quantum gravity galactic effects], ap/02-conf [fluctuations in inflation].
@ Inflation / acceleration of expansion: Coule CQG(95)gq/94 [canonical measure]; Lemos et al PRD(03) [de Broglie-Bohm, chaotic dynamics]; Barboza & Lemos PRD(08); Afshordi a1003 [cosmic acceleration and quantum corrections to black-hole entropy]; Biswas IJMPD(13)-a1308-GRF [pre-inflationary phase]; Calmet & Sanz PLB(14)-a1403; Calcagni et al JPCS(15)-a1503 [and observations]; Hartle & Hertog PRD-a1604 [predictions for local observations]; Perez & Sudarsky PRL(19)-a1711, GRG(21)-a1911 [dark energy from discreteness]; de Cesare a1804-PhD; > s.a. inflation and planck-scale physics.
@ Lqg and inflation: Bojowald PRL(02); Tsujikawa et al CQG(04)ap/03 [and cmb]; Bojowald et al PRD(04); Alexander et al PRD(04) [Kodama state]; Lidsey et al PRD(04) [and oscillations]; Date & Hossain PRL(05) [genericness]; Nunes PRD(05) [graceful entrance]; Grain et al PRD(09)-a0902 [inverse-volume corrections to tensor power spectrum]; Herrera PRD(10) [warm inflationary model]; news sa(13)jan [lqc and perturbation predictions]; Bojowald CR(15)-a1509 [rev]; Wilson-Ewing CRP(17)-a1612; > s.a. lqc.
@ Expansion: Moffat hp/01, hp/01 [cosmological constant]; Holdom PRD(02)ht [fluctuations act like dark energy]; Kempf gq/02-IAP [and lP structure]; Reuter & Weyer JCAP(04)ht [from renormalization effects]; Corvino & Montani MPLA(04) [fluctuations act like dark matter]; Fröb CQG(19)-a1806 [one-loop quantum gravitational backreaction on the local Hubble rate]; Singh MPLA-a1911 [and dark energy].
> Effects on FLRW cosmology: see friedmann equation [corrections]; FLRW quantum cosmology; inflationary phenomenology.
> Related topics: see cosmic acceleration; dark energy; dark matter; early-universe baryogenesis; GUP phenomenology.

Cosmological Singularity Avoidance > s.a. geometry phenomenology [other singularities]; matter phenomenology [from collapse]; minisuperspace.
@ General references: Demaret Nat(79)jan; de Barros & Pinto NPPS(97)gq/96 [causal interpretation]; Husain & Winkler PRD(04)gq/03; Esposito et al JPA(06)ht/05-conf [boundary conditions on Euclidean 4-ball]; Biswas et al JCAP(07)ht/06 [and string gas]; Kamenshchik et al PRD(07)-a0705 [future big break singularity]; Oliveira-Neto et al PLA(09)-a0708 [curvature scalars and pilot-wave interpretation]; Elizalde & Haro JPA(09) [with perfect fluid]; Letelier & Pitelli PRD(10)-a1008; Kamenshchik CQG(13)-a1307 [late-time singularities, rev]; Gorji et al PRD(14)-a1403 [from Snyder non-commutative space]; Sakellariadou JPCS(17)-a1703 [three models]; Gryb & Thébault PLB(18)-a1801 [cosmological constant superpositions]; Pithis a1903-PhD [lqg and group field theory]; Piechocki a2006 [BKL, short]; Silva PRD-a2008 [AdS/cft conjecture as bridge between string theory and lqg]; > s.a. cosmology [big rip]; FLRW models.
@ Avoidance, Wheeler-DeWitt equation: Steiner & Wöhr a1001; Faizal IJMPA(14) [deformed canonical commutation relations].
@ Avoidance, in lqg / lqc: Brunnemann & Thiemann CQG(06)gq/05, CQG(06)gq/05; Ashtekar et al PRL(06)gq [big bang]; Bojowald & Kagan CQG(06)gq [with non-minimal scalar]; Sami et al PRD(06) [future]; Date a0704-conf [rev]; Bojowald PRS(08)-a0710 [pre-big bang fluctuations]; Corichi & Singh PRD(09)-a0905 [geometric perspective]; de Haro JCAP(12); Kreienbühl & Pawlowski PRD(13)-a1302 [FLRW model polymer quantum matter]; Rovelli & Vidotto PRL(13) [spin-foam argument, maximal acceleration]; Liegener & Singh CQG(20)-a1906 [gauge-invariant treatment].
@ Inhomogeneous models: Tarrío et al PRD(13)-a1310 [Gowdy models].
@ Observational consequences of bounce: Mielczarek et al JCAP(10)-a1005; Garay et al PRD(14)-a1308 [background quantum noise].
> Specific models: see bianchi-I quantum cosmology; Big Freeze; discrete models; FLRW models; gowdy spacetimes.

And the Cosmological Constant > s.a. cosmological constant; 2D quantum gravity.
* Wormholes and the Hartle-Hawking proposal: Gives a probability distribution f(Λ) ~ exp[exp(3πe2/Λ + ...)], sharply peaked at Λ = 0.
@ In Lorentzian quantum gravity: Cline PLB(89) [wormholes]; Farhi PLB(89); Strominger NPB(89); Kawai & Okada IJMPA(12)-a1104 [and the multiverse].
@ In perturbative quantum gravity: Moffat ap/96, ap/96 [non-equilibrium quantum fluctuations], hp/01, hp/01.
@ And quantum field theory: Kosower MPLA(89); Taylor & Veneziano NPB(90); Shapiro & Solà JHEP(02)ht/00, NPPB(04)hp/03, et al PLB(03)ap [renormalization, scale dependence].
@ And third quantization: Rubakov PLB(88); Fischler et al NPB(89); Cline NPB(90).
@ And wormholes: Coleman NPB(88), & Lee PLB(89); Fischler & Susskind PLB(89); Giddings & Strominger NPB(89); Klebanov et al NPB(89); Polchinsky NPB(89); Preskill NPB(89); Unruh PRD(89); Veneziano MPLA(89); Elizalde & Gaztañaga PLB(90); Fukuyama & Morikawa CQG(90); Giddings IJMPA(90); Loll et al NPB(06)ht/05 [causal dynamical triangulations]; Kirillov & Savelova JAp(13)-a1006, G&C(13).
@ Related topics: Wudka PRD(87) [quantized]; Greensite PLB(92) [stochastic quantization]; Carlip PRL(97)gq, CQG(98)gq/97 [density of topologies, Euclidean foam]; Gambini & Pullin PLB(98)gq [lqg]; Padmanabhan CQG(02)gq [small cosmological constant]; Jejjala et al PLB(03)ht/02; Alexander PLB(05)ht [relaxation, theta sector and Peccei-Quinn like mechanism]; Wang & Unruh a1904; > s.a. anomalies.


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