Published June 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Eternal inflation and the present universe

Description

Eternally inflating universes can contain thermalized regions with different values of the cosmological parameters. In particular, the spectra of density fluctuations should be different, because of the different realizations of quantum fluctuations of the inflation field. I discuss a general method for calculating probability distributions for such variable parameters and analyze the density fluctuation spectrum as a specific application

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Identifiers

PII
S0920563200007556;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
88
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 67-74
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
3. meeting on constrained dynamics and quantum gravity
Acronym
QG99
Dates
13-17 Sep 1999
Place
Villasimius (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Belarus
INIS RN
34054661
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CALCULATION METHODS; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY SPECTRA; FLUCTUATIONS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; QUANTUM GRAVITY
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPECTRA; VARIATIONS

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