In loop quantum cosmology, the quantization of the Hamiltonian constraint involves a regularization procedure which is affected by certain ambiguities. Moreover, different regularizations lead to distinct mathematical formulations and, consequently, to different physical predictions. In this work, we explore the impact of this regularization on the primordial power spectrum of cosmological perturbations. More specifically, we study this power spectrum for the conventional regularization used in loop quantum cosmology and for two alternative prescriptions suggested in the literature. We set initial conditions for the perturbations at the bounce corresponding to a recently proposed vacuum state, optimally adapted to the background dynamics. This choice of vacuum is based on an asymptotic Hamiltonian diagonalization in the ultraviolet sector of the perturbations which provides a nonoscillating power spectrum. Employing a suitable approximation to the propagation equations of the perturbations around the bounce, we are able to obtain an analytic expression for the primordial power spectrum of this vacuum for all the discussed regularizations. We compare the results and prove that the main relevant distinction between the corresponding spectra is the scale where power suppression occurs. The associated wave number scale is proportional to the square root of the critical density in loop quantum cosmology, which is different for each of the studied regularizations.

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• Loop quantum gravity
• Quantum cosmology
• Quantum fields in curved spacetime