Inflationary schism

Classic inflation, the theory described in textbooks, is based on the idea that, beginning from typical initial conditions and assuming a simple inflaton potential with a minimum of fine-tuning, inflation can create exponentially large volumes of space that are generically homogeneous, isotropic and...

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Main Authors: Anna Ijjas, Paul J. Steinhardt, Abraham Loeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269314004985