Published February 15, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Chaos and preheating

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Casilla 4059, Valparaiso (Chile)
  • 2. Instituto de Fisica-UFRJ, Caixa Postal 68528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)

Description

We study the semiclassical particle creation in the preheating phase after inflation. We work in the long-wavelength limit, in which all fields are considered homogeneous. The particle creation is shown to be intrinsically connected to the existence of chaos in the system

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 043501-043501.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35074928
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CHAOS THEORY; COSMOLOGY; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; WAVELENGTHS
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS

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