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No-boundary wave function for two-field inflation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-05-08 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the no-boundary wave function and the complex-valued instantons for two-field inflation models that have different masses. If there is a relatively massive direction, to classicalize the massive field, the solution should start from the slow direction with relatively larger vacuum energy. Therefore, the existence of the massive direction implies the increase of expected ee-foldings. The most probable ee-foldings are approximately N(m2/m1)2×O(1)\mathcal{N} \simeq (m_{2}/m_{1})^{2} \times \mathcal{O}(1) in the m1m2m_{1} \ll m_{2} limit. Therefore, as long as there is a sufficient mass hierarchy, the no-boundary wave function can reasonably explain large ee-foldings, so to speak more than 50 ee-foldings.

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@article{arxiv.1404.2800,
  title  = {No-boundary wave function for two-field inflation},
  author = {Dong-il Hwang and Soo A Kim and Dong-han Yeom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2800},
  year   = {2015}
}

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24 pages, 6 figures

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