Published January 15, 2007
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Journal article
Geodesic measures of the landscape
Creators
- 1. Arnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics, Department fuer Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Theresienstr. 37, D-80333, Munich (Germany)
Description
We study the landscape models of eternal inflation with an arbitrary number of different vacua states, both recyclable and terminal. We calculate the abundances of bubbles following different geodesics. We show that the results obtained from generic timelike geodesics have dependence on initial conditions. In contrast, the predictions extracted from 'eternal' geodesics, which never enter terminal vacua, do not suffer from this problem. We derive measure equations for ensembles of geodesics and discuss possible interpretations of initial conditions in eternal inflation
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.023524;
- arXiv
- arXiv:hep-th/0612215v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 75
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 023524-023524.7
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38092680
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABUNDANCE; BUBBLES; EQUATIONS; GEODESICS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2007 The American Physical Society