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This article addresses a foundational problem in inflationary cosmology by proposing "Cosmological Classical Branches" to explain how late-time observations definitively record primordial quantum fluctuations. The authors utilize quantum information theory to demonstrate that distinct matter components can carry compatible records of the same configuration, effectively bridging the gap between quantum superpositions and classical cosmic history. This work represents significant theoretical progress in understanding the emergence of classical spacetime from quantum origins within quantum gravity research.
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arXiv:2610.23999v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Inflationary cosmology faces a fundamental gap between primordial quantum fluctuations and the classical cosmic history inferred from observations. Although the primordial quantum state is a superposition of field configurations, standard cosmology assumes one definite realization of curvature perturbations and uses classical perturbation theory to describe the resulting gravitational potentials, CMB anisotropies, and large-scale structure. Squeezing and decoherence of primordial fluctuations alone do not explain why this one-realization description is physically meaningful. We address this issue through Cosmological Classical Branches (CCBs), using the quantum-information-theoretic notion of physical records. In CCBs, distinct late-time matter components carry compatible records of the same primordial configuration. A record in one component makes that configuration readable, while a disjoint compatible record suppresses interference accessible to operations on the first. Each branch thus admits a common c-number primordial label at finite resolution, while the global quantum superposition persists. This Letter summarizes the framework developed in Ref.~\cite{Kuroda2026CCB}.
Abstract:Inflationary cosmology faces a fundamental gap between primordial quantum fluctuations and the classical cosmic history inferred from observations. Although the primordial quantum state is a superposition of field configurations, standard cosmology assumes one definite realization of curvature perturbations and uses classical perturbation theory to describe the resulting gravitational potentials, CMB anisotropies, and large-scale structure. Squeezing and decoherence of primordial fluctuations alone do not explain why this one-realization description is physically meaningful. We address this issue through Cosmological Classical Branches (CCBs), using the quantum-information-theoretic notion of physical records. In CCBs, distinct late-time matter components carry compatible records of the same primordial configuration. A record in one component makes that configuration readable, while a disjoint compatible record suppresses interference accessible to operations on the first. Each branch thus admits a common c-number primordial label at finite resolution, while the global quantum superposition persists. This Letter summarizes the framework developed in Ref.~\cite{Kuroda2026CCB}.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
arXiv:2610.23999 [gr-qc]
(or arXiv:2610.23999v1 [gr-qc] for this version)
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