Polytropic equation of state and primordial quantum fluctuations
Abstract
We study the primordial Universe in a cosmological model where inflation is driven by a fluid with a polytropic equation of state p = α + k1 + 1/n. We calculate the dynamics of the scalar factor and build a Universe with constant density at the origin. We also find the equivalent scalar field that could create such equation of state and calculate the corresponding slow-roll parameters. We calculate the scalar perturbations, the scalar power spectrum and the spectral index.
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