Published September 1, 1986 | Version v1
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Reheating after inflation

Creators

  • 1. Karl-Marx-Universitaet, Leipzig (German Democratic Republic). Sektion Physik
  • 2. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy)

Description

A numerical analysis of reheating is performed for a classical scalar field with exponentially flat potential. An operational definition of the reheating time is given involving the gradient contribution to the inflation field energy. For the parameter range studied the product of reheating time and Hubble constant H is found to be of order one, being approximately independent of the value of H. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Class. Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
3
Journal Issue
5
Series
Class. Quantum Gravity.
Journal Page Range
811-815
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRD

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
18016787
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; COSMOLOGY; ENTROPY; HEATING; HUBBLE EFFECT; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; POTENTIALS; SCALAR FIELDS; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES