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Stochastic inflation with quantum and thermal noise

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-08-01 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

We add a thermal noise to Starobinsky equation of slow roll inflation. We calculate the number of e-folds of the stochastic system. The power spectrum and the spectral index are evaluated from the fluctuations of e-folds using an expansion in the quantum and thermal noise terms.

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@article{arxiv.1802.09577,
  title  = {Stochastic inflation with quantum and thermal noise},
  author = {Z. Haba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.09577},
  year   = {2018}
}

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8 pages

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