An Upper bound on the number of e-foldings

Jul, 2003
13 pages
e-Print:
Report number:
  • UTTG-04-03

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Abstract: (arXiv)
If the present acceleration of the universe is due to an asymptotically de Sitter universe with small cosmological constant, and the principle of Cosmological Complementarity is valid, then the number of e-foldings during inflation is bounded.
Note:
  • 16 pages, latex. New version has extensive modifications to clarify the basic assumptions on which the bound is based and can be viewed as a response to the paper of Lowe and Marolf, correction of typos and added references
  • inflation
  • astrophysics: acceleration
  • space-time: de Sitter
  • cosmological constant
  • holography