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Stochastic non-attractor inflation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-12-09 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We extend the formalism of stochastic inflation to the setup of non-attractor inflation with a sound speed csc_s. We obtain the Langevin equations for the superhorizon perturbations and calculate the stochastic corrections to curvature perturbation power spectrum. It is shown that the fractional stochastic corrections in mean number of e-folds and power spectrum are at the order of power spectrum. We also calculate the boundary crossing and the first hitting probabilities in a hypothetical dS space with two boundaries in field space. Furthermore, the stochastic corrections in power spectrum in a setup akin to eternal inflation with large diffusion term are calculated.

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@article{arxiv.2009.04680,
  title  = {Stochastic non-attractor inflation},
  author = {Hassan Firouzjahi and Amin Nassiri-Rad and Mahdiyar Noorbala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.04680},
  year   = {2020}
}

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32 pages, 2 figures

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