Multiple and anisotropic inflation with exponential potentials

1992
15 pages
Published in:
  • Class.Quant.Grav. 9 (1992) 1239-1253

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Abstract: (IOP)
It is shown how the field equations for a self-interacting scalar field propagating in the Bianchi I spacetime can be expressed as a set of first-order non-linear partial differential equations. These equations are solved for (a) an exponential potential, and (b) a general potential when slow-roll is valid. It is shown how these solutions can be used to study anisotropic inflation in the Brans-Dicke theory of gravity and inflation driven by superstrings.
  • field equations: solution
  • field theory: scalar
  • Bianchi identity
  • differential equations: nonlinear
  • potential
  • inflation: anisotropy
  • Brans-Dicke model
  • gravitation
  • string model
  • supersymmetry
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