Who is the Inflaton?
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
In the context of the two-fluid model introduced to tame the transplanckian problem of black hole physics, the inflaton field of the chaotic inflation scenario is identified with the fluctuation of the density of modes. Its mass comes about from the exchange of degrees of freedom between the two fluids.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0103097,
title = {Who is the Inflaton?},
author = {R. Brout},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0103097},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
extensively revised version presented at the Corfu School and Workshop of Theoretical Physics 2001