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Preheating with non-standard kinetic term

Journal Article · · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
We consider reheating after inflation in theories with a non-standard kinetic term. We show that the equation that exhibits parametric resonance is the Hill-Whittaker equation, which is a particular case of the more general Hill equation. This equation is in general more unstable than the Mathieu equation, such that narrow resonance preheating may be efficient in theories with a non-canonical kinetic term.
OSTI ID:
22156970
Journal Information:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Journal Issue: 04 Vol. 2009; ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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