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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