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Warm inflation with a generalized Langevin equation scenario

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-06-12 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the warm inflation model with both a Langevin equation and a generalized Langevin equation scenario. As a brief picture to illustrate the basic properties of stochastic differential equation in warm inflation, this paper is started from a simple condition with constant dissipative coefficient. In this model, we prove the perturbed inflaton field exhibits a stationary process on large scale, so the perturbed field has a scale-invariant power spectrum. Then we study the warm inflation with a generalized Langevin equation scenario. The perturbed field in such model also shows a stationary process and the power spectrum is quite similar to the one in cold inflation. If choosing an appropriate fluctuation-dissipation relation, we can get a spectrum same as the cold inflation. In a word, we attempt to show the rationality of warm inflationary scenario via statistical physics method.

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@article{arxiv.1808.07679,
  title  = {Warm inflation with a generalized Langevin equation scenario},
  author = {Xi-Bin Li and Shi-Wei Yan and He Wang and Jian-Yang Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.07679},
  year   = {2019}
}

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11 pages, 1 figure

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