Published 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Initial conditions for chaotic inflation

  • 1. Dept. of Physics, Brown Univ., Providence, RI (USA)
  • 2. Canadian Inst. for Theoretical Astrophysics/Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research, Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)

Description

In contrast to many other inflationary Universe models, chaotic inflation does not depend on fine tuning initial conditions. Within the context of linear perturbation theory, it is shown that chaotic inflation is stable towards both metric and matter perturbations. Neglecting gravitational perturbations, it is shown that chaotic inflation is an attractor in initial condition space. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica Scripta. T
Journal Volume
36
Series
Phys. Scr., T.
Journal Page Range
64-69
ISSN
0281-1847
CODEN
PHSTB

Conference

Title
The birth and early evolution of our universe.
Acronym
Nobel symposium 79
Dates
11-16 Jun 1990.
Place
Graeftavallen (Sweden).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
Sweden
INIS RN
22074723
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; DISTURBANCES; EXPANSION; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; METRICS; PERTURBATION THEORY; STABILITY; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS