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If the effective cosmological constant is non-zero, our observable universe may enter a stage of exponential expansion. In such case, regions of it may tunnel back to the false vacuum of an inflaton scalar field, and inflation with a high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jaume Garriga , Alexander Vilenkin

We present an inflationary universe model which utilizes two coupled real scalar fields. The inflation field $\phi$ experiences a first order phase transition and its potential dominates the energy density of the Universe during the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Fred C. Adams , Katherine Freese

We propose the mechanism of quantum creation of the open Universe in the observable range of values of $\Omega$. This mechanism is based on the no-boundary quantum state with the Hawking-Turok instanton in the model with nonminimally…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. O. Barvinsky

The early universe according to the big bang and the grand unified theories is discussed. The shortcomings of big bang are summarized together with their resolution by inflationary cosmology. Inflation, the subsequent oscillation and decay…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 George Lazarides

The fundamental paradox of the incompatibility of the observed large-scale uniformity of the Universe with the fact that the age of the Universe is finite is overcome by the introduction of an initial a period of superluminal expansion of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-02 Konstantinos Dimopoulos

The big bang model and the history of the early universe according to the grand unified theories are introduced. The shortcomings of big bang are discussed together with their resolution by inflationary cosmology. Inflation, the subsequent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Lazarides

Two extensions of ideas lying in the basis of the inflationary scenario of the early Universe and their effect on the large scale structure of the present-day Universe are discussed. The first of them is the possibility of fast phase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Starobinsky

In this paper, we study a type of one-field model for open inflationary universe models in the context of the brane world models. In the scenario of a one-bubble universe model, we determine and characterize the existence of the Coleman-De…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Sergio del Campo , Ramon Herrera , Joel Saavedra

A novel scalar field free approach to cosmic inflation is presented. The inflationary Universe and the radiation dominated Universe are shown, within the framework of unified brane cosmology, to be two different phases governed by one and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Aharon Davidson , Ilya Gurwich

We find a class of solutions for a homogeneous and isotropic universe in which the initially expanding universe stops expanding, experiences contraction, and then expands again (the "bounce"), in the framework of Einstein gravity with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-26 Hiroki Matsui , Fuminobu Takahashi , Takahiro Terada

We propose the mechanism of quantum creation of the open Universe in the observable range of values of $\Omega$. This mechanism is based on the no-boundary quantum state with the Hawking-Turok instanton applied to the model with a strong…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 A. O. Barvinsky

In this article we study closed inflationary universe models using the Gauss-Bonnet Brane. We determine and characterize the existence of a universe with $\Omega > 1$, with an appropriate period of inflation. We have found that this model…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-30 Sergio del Campo , Ramon Herrera , Pedro Labrana , Joel Saavedra

If in a finite universe, the tree-level vacuum is a symmetric superposition of coherent states, in each of which the inflaton field assumes a different, energy-minimizing mean value (vev), then the resulting energy is positive and decreases…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-24 Kevin Cahill

We investigate the possibility that the Universe may inflate due to moduli fields, corresponding to flat directions of supersymmetry, lifted by supergravity corrections. Using a hybrid-type potential we obtain a two-stage inflationary…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-01-20 K. Dimopoulos , M. Axenides

Motivated by brane cosmology we solve the Einstein equations with a time dependent cosmological constant. Assuming that at an early epoch the vacuum energy scales as $1/logt $, we show that the universe passes from a fast growing phase…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 E. Papantonopoulos , I. Pappa

The early Universe inflation is well known as a promising theory to explain the origin of large scale structure of Universe and to solve the early universe pressing problems. For a resonable inflation model, the potential during inflation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Xin He Meng

Inflation provides a natural mechanism to account for the origin of cosmic structures. The generation of primordial inhomogeneities during inflation can be understood via the spontaneous creation of quanta from the vacuum. We show that when…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Ivan Agullo , Leonard Parker

The solution for an inflationary universe without singularities is derived from the Einstein-Lemaitre equations. The present state of the universe evolved from a steady state solution for a tiny, but classical micro-universe with large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Rebhan

A scale-invariant universe can have a period of accelerated expansion at early times: inflation. We use a frame-invariant approach to calculate inflationary observables in a scale invariant theory of gravity involving two scalar fields -…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-26 Pedro G. Ferreira , Christopher T. Hill , Johannes Noller , Graham G. Ross

The four-form field recently considered by Hawking and Turok couples naturally to a charged membrane, across which the effective cosmological constant has a discontinuity. We present instantons for the creation of an open inflationary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Raphael Bousso , Andrew Chamblin