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Thermodynamical properties of metric fluctuations during inflation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-25 v2

Abstract

I study a thermodynamical approach to scalar metric perturbations during the inflationary stage. In the power-law expanding universe here studied, I find a negative heat capacity as a manifestation of superexponential growing for the number of states in super Hubble scales. The power spectrum depends on the Gibbons-Hawking and Hagedorn temperatures.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0110123,
  title  = {Thermodynamical properties of metric fluctuations during inflation},
  author = {Mauricio Bellini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0110123},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, no figures (accepted to publication in General Relativity and Gravitation)