The failure of cosmological perturbation theory in the new ekpyrotic scenario

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  • DLD H Lyth
    D H Lyth
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Abstract
Cosmological perturbation theory fails in the new ekpyrotic scenario before the scale factor of the Universe reaches zero. As a result, the scenario does not provide a mechanism for generating the observed curvature perturbation at the bounce.