http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.13257
We interpret the lack of large-angle temperature correlations and the apparent even-odd parity imbalance, observed in the cosmic microwave background by COBE, WMAP and Planck satellite missions, as a possible stringy signal ultimately stemming from a composite inflaton field (e.g. a fermionic condensate). Based on causality arguments and a Fourier analysis of the angular two-point correlation function, two infrared cutoffs $k_{\rm min}^{\rm even,odd}$ are introduced in the CMB power spectrum associated, respectively, with periodic and antiperiodic boundary conditions of the fermionic constituents (echoing the Neveu-Schwarz-Ramond model in superstring theory), without resorting to any particular model.
M. Sanchis-Lozano
Fri, 27 May 22
47/61
Comments: 11 pages, 7 figures
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