Stochastic inflation and superstring models

Journal Article · Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.38.2386· OSTI ID:6797238

Graziani, F R; Olive, K A

Stochastic processes are capable of producing an inflationary epoch using potentials which typically do not inflate (e.g., potentials with large positive-mass terms). We consider a simple model which in the context of no-scale supergravity inflates but in the context of superstring theory does not. Stochastic processes again allow for the possibility of inflation provided initial scalar-field fluctuations are large enough.

• Research Organization: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
• OSTI ID: 6797238
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 38:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE
STRING MODELS
BROWNIAN MOVEMENT
FLUCTUATIONS
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
SUPERSYMMETRY
BASIC INTERACTIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
INTERACTIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUARK MODEL
SYMMETRY
VARIATIONS
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