Published February 15, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Reliability of the Langevin perturbative solution in stochastic inflation

  • 1. Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, GReCO, UMR 7095-CNRS, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 98bis Boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris (France) and Department of Physics-Theory Group, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1608, Austin, Texas 78712-0269 (US)

Description

A method to estimate the reliability of a perturbative expansion of the stochastic inflationary Langevin equation is presented and discussed. The method is applied to various inflationary scenarios, as large field, small field, and running mass models. It is demonstrated that the perturbative approach is more reliable than could be naievely suspected and, in general, only breaks down at the very end of inflation

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 043517-043517.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37080933
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; EXPANSION; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; LANGEVIN EQUATION; MASS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS

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