# LOOP QUANTUM GRAVITY AND THE CMB: TOWARD PRE-BIG BOUNCE COSMOLOGY

@article{Barrau2012LOOPQG,
title={LOOP QUANTUM GRAVITY AND THE CMB: TOWARD PRE-BIG BOUNCE COSMOLOGY},
author={Aur{\'e}lien Barrau},
journal={arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology},
year={2012},
pages={2417-2419}
}
• A. Barrau
• Published 19 November 2009
• Physics
• arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
This brief article sums up the possible imprints of loop quantum gravity effects on the cosmological microwave background. We focus on semi-classical terms and show that "Big Bounce" corrections, together with the "pre Big Bounce" state, could modify the observed spectrum.
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