Localization on the Landscape and Eternal Inflation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-19 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We investigate the validity of the assertion that eternal inflation populates the landscape of string theory. We verify that bubble solutions do not satisfy the Klein Gordon equation for the landscape potential. Solutions to the landscape potential within the formalism of quantum cosmology are Anderson localized wavefunctions. Those are inconsistent with inflating bubble solutions. The physical reasons behind the failure of a relation between eternal inflation and the landscape are rooted in quantum phenomena such as interference between wavefunction concentrated around the various vacua in the landscape.
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@article{arxiv.1404.5543,
title = {Localization on the Landscape and Eternal Inflation},
author = {Laura Mersini-Houghton and Malcolm J. Perry},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.5543},
year = {2015}
}
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21 pages