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Coarse-grained field wave function in stochastic inflation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v4 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The wave function for the matter field fluctuations in the infrared sector is studied within the framework of inflationary cosmology. These fluctuations are described by a coarse-grained field which takes into account only the modes with wavelength much bigger than the size of the Hubble horizon. The case of a power-law expanding universe is considered and it is found that the relevant phase-space remains coherent under certain circumstances. In this case the classical stochastic treatment for matter field fluctuations is not valid, however, for p>4.6p > 4.6, the system loses its coherence and a classical stochastic approximation is allowed.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0012021,
  title  = {Coarse-grained field wave function in stochastic inflation},
  author = {Mauricio Bellini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0012021},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

to appear in Nuclear Physics B (version with some changes and some references added)