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Anderson's localization in a random metric: applications to cosmology

J. C. Flores, M. Bologna

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0501012

Abstract

It is considered an equation for the Lyapunov exponent % γ in a random metric for a scalar propagating wave field. At first order in frequency this equation is solved explicitly. The localization length Lc (reciprocal of Re(γ)) is obtained as function of the metric-fluctuation-distance ΔR (function of disorder) and the frequency ω of the wave. Explicitly, low-frequencies propagate longer than high, that is Lcω2=Cte. Direct applications with cosmological quantities like background radiation microwave (λ 1/2× 10-3 [m]) and the Universe-length (`localization length' Lc 1.6× 1025 [m]) permits to evaluate the metric-fluctuations-distance as ΔR 10-35 [m], a number at order of the Planck's length.

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