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Non-singular inflationary universe from polymer matter

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arxiv 0906.2798 v2 pith:CMV4OLBU submitted 2009-06-16 astro-ph.CO gr-qchep-th

Golam Mortuza Hossain , Viqar Husain , Sanjeev S. Seahra This is my paper · ORCID
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We consider a polymer quantization of a free massless scalar field in a homogeneous and isotropic cosmological spacetime. This quantization method assumes that field translations are fundamentally discrete, and is related to but distinct from that used in loop quantum gravity. The semi-classical Friedman equation yields a universe that is non-singular and non-bouncing, without quantum gravity. The model has an early de Sitter-like inflationary phase with sufficient expansion to resolve the horizon and entropy problems, and a built in mechanism for a graceful exit from inflation.

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