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A Stochastic Measure for Eternal Inflation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-18 v1 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We use the stochastic approach to investigate the measure for slow roll eternal inflation. The probability for the universe of a given Hubble radius can be calculated in this framework. In a solvable model, it is shown that the probability for the universe to evolve from a state with a smaller Hubble radius to that of a larger Hubble radius is dominated by the classical probability without the stochastic source. While the probability for the universe to evolve from a larger Hubble radius to a smaller one is suppressed by exp(ΔS)\exp(-\Delta S), where the de Sitter entropy SS arises naturally in this stochastic approach.

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@article{arxiv.0706.1691,
  title  = {A Stochastic Measure for Eternal Inflation},
  author = {Miao Li and Yi Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.1691},
  year   = {2009}
}
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