Computation of non-Gaussianity in loop quantum cosmology

Vijayakumar Sreenath, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
Ivan Agullo, Louisiana State University
Boris Bolliet, The University of Manchester

Abstract

We summarize our investigations of the second-order perturbations in loop quantum cosmology (LQC). We shall discuss, primarily, two aspects. Firstly, whether the second- order contributions arising from the cosmic bounce, occurring at Planck scale, could be large enough to break the validity of perturbation theory. Secondly, the implications of the upper bounds on primordial non-Gaussianity, arrived at by the Planck collaboration, on the LQC phenomenology.