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Stewart-Lyth Inverse Problem

Astrophysics 2016-08-15 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory Dynamical Systems

Abstract

In this paper the Stewart-Lyth inverse problem is introduced. It consists of solving two non-linear differential equations for the first slow-roll parameter and finding the inflaton potential. The equations are derived from the Stewart--Lyth equations for the scalar and tensorial perturbations produced during the inflationary period. The geometry of the phase planes transverse to the trajectories is analyzed, and conclusions about the possible behaviour for general solutions are drawn.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0007477,
  title  = {Stewart-Lyth Inverse Problem},
  author = {Eloy Ayón-Beato and Alberto García and Ricardo Mansilla and César A. Terrero-Escalante},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0007477},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

16 pages, 11 figures, RevTeX; updated to match accepted version