Quantum Reactive

Theoretical Cosmology

Quantum Reactive

Inflationary Cosmology & Quantum Gravity

Active Screen Gravity, effective field theory, and CMB phenomenology research by Robert Szymański. The ASG inflation model generates attractor behaviour from a threshold-induced running Planck mass rather than a tuned scalar potential.

The model predicts r ≃ 3.4×10⁻² and αₛ ≈ −8×10⁻⁴, providing near-term targets for Simons Observatory, CMB-S4, and LiteBIRD.

Research

Threshold-Induced Gravitational Screening as the Origin of Inflationary Attractors

Integrating out a heavy sector generates a calculable correction to the Planck mass. The Einstein-frame potential U(χ) = V(χ)/F(χ)² dynamically acquires a plateau whenever V′/V ≈ 2F′/F.

Key results include nₛ = 0.9676, r ≃ 3.4×10⁻², αₛ ≈ −8×10⁻⁴, βₛ ≈ −4.2×10⁻⁵, and Λsc/H ≥ 12 across the posterior.

The v15 PolyChord run gives ln Z_ASG = −1409.95 ± 0.26. Matched-prior ΛCDM reference checks give ln Z = −1417.76 ± 0.33 and −1416.04 ± 0.44, implying ln B_ASG/ΛCDM ≈ +6 to +8 within this exact pipeline.

Read the ASG inflation paper in English or read the Polish version.

Planck 2018 Constraints on Decaying Cold Dark Matter

A profile-likelihood analysis of decaying cold dark matter with invisible decay into dark radiation finds no evidence for dark-matter decay in the sampled range. The 95% confidence upper limit is Γ_dcdm ≲ 2.4 km s⁻¹ Mpc⁻¹, corresponding to a lifetime of at least 4 × 10¹¹ years.

Read the DCDM note in English or read the Polish version.

Inflationary Cosmology

Inflation solves the horizon, flatness, and monopole problems by driving quasi-exponential expansion in the early universe. Active Screen Gravity replaces hand-crafted flat potentials with a physical threshold correction to gravitational couplings.

Robert Szymański

Theoretical physicist working at the intersection of inflationary cosmology, quantum gravity, and effective field theory.

Digital Memorial Design Projects

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