How likely are constituent quanta to initiate inflation?

We propose an intuitive framework for studying the problem of initial conditions in slow-roll inflation. In particular, we consider a universe at high, but sub-Planckian energy density and analyze the circumstances under which it is plausible for it to become dominated by inflated patches at late ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lasha Berezhiani, Mark Trodden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315006085