Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 231302 (2008) [4 pages]Speedy Sound and Cosmic StructureReceived 6 March 2008; published 12 June 2008 If the speed of sound were vastly larger in the early Universe, a near scale-invariant spectrum of density fluctuations could have been produced even if the Universe did not submit to conventional solutions to the horizon problem. We examine how the mechanism works, presenting full mathematical solutions and their heuristics. We then discuss several concrete models based on scalar fields and hydrodynamical matter that realize this mechanism, but stress that the proposed mechanism is more fundamental and general. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.231302
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.231302
PACS:
98.80.−k
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