Published January 1, 1988
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Journal article
Horizons in inflationary universes
Creators
- 1. Cape Town Univ. (South Africa). Dept. of Applied Mathematics
- 2. Queen Mary Coll., London (UK). Dept. of Applied Mathematics
- 3. Vatican Observatory, Vatican City
Description
The nature of horizons in an inflationary universe is most clearly seen through conformal diagrams, which are presented in this paper. They are used to discuss the nature of these horizons and practical causal limits imposed by physical considerations in these universes. In particular they illustrate causal limitations arising during the reheating phase at the end of inflation. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Class. Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 5
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Class. Quantum Gravity.
- Journal Page Range
- 207-220
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 19038573
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BACKGROUND RADIATION; CAUSALITY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; COSMIC RADIATION; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SPACE-TIME; STANDARD MODEL; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; TRANSFORMATIONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS