Published June 18, 2001
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Journal article
Coarse-grained field wave function in stochastic inflation
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Description
The wave function for the matter field fluctuations in the infrared sector is studied within the framework of inflationary cosmology. These fluctuations are described by a coarse-grained field which takes into account only the modes with wavelength much bigger than the size of the Hubble horizon. The case of a power-law expanding universe is considered and it is found that the relevant phase-space (phicg,Pphicg) remains coherent under certain circumstances. In this case the classical stochastic treatment for matter field fluctuations is not valid, however, for p>4.6, the system loses its coherence and a classical stochastic approximation is allowed
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Identifiers
- PII
- S0550321301001961;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B
- Journal Volume
- 604
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 441-451
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBBO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35029795
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGY; FIELD THEORIES; FLUCTUATIONS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; PHASE SPACE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE; VARIATIONS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.