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We demonstrate the existence of chaos in realistic models of two-field inflation. The chaotic motion takes place after the end of inflation, when the fields are free to oscillate and their motion is only lightly damped by the expansion of…
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The ions produced via collisional ionization of the residual gas molecules in vacuum pipe with the circulating electron beam have deleterious effect on the beam properties and may become a limiting factor for the machine's performance. For…
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