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Singularity structure in Veneziano's model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We consider the structure of the cosmological singularity in Veneziano's inflationary model. The problem of choosing initial data in the model is shown to be unsolved -- the spacetime in the asymptotically flat limit can be filled with an arbitrary number of gravitational and scalar field quanta. As a result, the universe acquires a domain structure near the singularity, with an anisotropic expansion of its own being realized in each domain.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0310270,
  title  = {Singularity structure in Veneziano's model},
  author = {D. Podolsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0310270},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

16 pages, 2 figures, shorter then journal version; references added, discussion slightly expanded