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Stochastic quantum inflation for a canonical scalar field with linear self-interaction potential

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-10-10 v1

Abstract

We apply Starobinsky's formalism of stochastic inflation to the case of a minimally coupled scalar field with linear self-interaction potential. We solve the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation exactly, and obtain analytical expressions for the stochastic expectation values.

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@article{arxiv.1710.02740,
  title  = {Stochastic quantum inflation for a canonical scalar field with linear self-interaction potential},
  author = {Grigoris Panotopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.02740},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages, no figures

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