Inflationary Reheating to Preheating - A Personal Account
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2026-02-20 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
This is a personal account of the early work that led to what is now known as the ``preheating stage" of inflationary cosmology. The broader applicability of the underlying instability mechanisms in cosmology are indicated.
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@article{arxiv.2602.16963,
title = {Inflationary Reheating to Preheating - A Personal Account},
author = {Robert Brandenberger and Jennie Traschen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.16963},
year = {2026}
}
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8 pages