Nonperturbative dynamics of reheating after inflation: A review

Our understanding of the state of the universe between the end of inflation and big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is incomplete. The dynamics at the end of inflation are rich and a potential source of observational signatures. Reheating, the energy transfer between the inflaton and Standard Model field...

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Main Authors: Amin, Mustafa Abdulkader (Author), Hertzberg, Mark Peter (Contributor), Kaiser, David I. (Contributor), Karouby, Johanna (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing, 2015-03-13T18:18:55Z.
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