Detailed analysis of the predictions of loop quantum cosmology for the primordial power spectra

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We provide an exhaustive numerical exploration of the predictions of loop quantum cosmology (LQC) with a post-bounce phase of inflation for the primordial power spectrum of scalar and tensor perturbations.

• We extend previous analysis by characterizing the phenomenologically relevant parameter space and by constraining it using observations.
• Furthermore, we characterize the shape of LQC-corrections to observable quantities across this parameter space.
• Our analysis provides a framework to contrast more accurately the theory with forthcoming polarization data, and it also paves the road for the computation of other observables beyond the power spectra, such as non-Gaussianity.