Application of gradient expansion to an inflationary universe

被引:30
作者
Nambu, Y
Taruya, A
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Chikusa
关键词
D O I
10.1088/0264-9381/13/4/010
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Using the long-wave perturbation scheme (gradient expansion), the effect of inhomogeneity on the inflationary phase is investigated. We have solved the perturbation equation whose source term comes from inhomogeneity of a scalar field and a seed metric. The result indicates that a sub-horizon scale inhomogeneity strongly affects the onset of inflation.
引用
收藏
页码:705 / 713
页数:9
相关论文
共 14 条
[1]   ON THE DEGRESS OF GENERALITY OF INFLATION IN FRIEDMANN COSMOLOGICAL MODELS WITH A MASSIVE SCALAR FIELD [J].
BELINSKY, VA ;
ISHIHARA, H ;
KHALATNIKOV, IM ;
SATO, H .
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, 1988, 79 (03) :676-684
[2]   GROWTH OR DECAY OF COSMOLOGICAL INHOMOGENEITIES AS A FUNCTION OF THEIR EQUATION OF STATE [J].
COMER, GL ;
DERUELLE, N ;
LANGLOIS, D ;
PARRY, J .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1994, 49 (06) :2759-2768
[3]   CONDITIONS FOR INFLATION IN AN INITIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS UNIVERSE [J].
DERUELLE, N ;
GOLDWIRTH, DS .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1995, 51 (04) :1563-1568
[4]   SPHERICAL INHOMOGENEOUS COSMOLOGIES AND INFLATION - NUMERICAL-METHODS [J].
GOLDWIRTH, DS ;
PIRAN, T .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1989, 40 (10) :3263-3279
[5]   INHOMOGENEOUS INITIAL CONDITIONS FOR INFLATION [J].
GOLDWIRTH, DS .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1991, 43 (10) :3204-3213
[6]  
Goncharov A. S., 1986, Soviet Journal of Particles and Nuclei, V17, P369
[7]   INVESTIGATIONS IN RELATIVISTIC COSMOLOGY [J].
LIFSHITZ, EM ;
KHALATNIKOV, IM .
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS, 1963, 12 (46) :185-249
[8]   STOCHASTIC APPROACH TO CHAOTIC INFLATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNIVERSES [J].
NAMBU, Y ;
SASAKI, M .
PHYSICS LETTERS B, 1989, 219 (2-3) :240-246
[9]   STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS OF AN INFLATIONARY MODEL AND INITIAL DISTRIBUTION OF UNIVERSES [J].
NAMBU, Y .
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, 1989, 81 (05) :1037-1056
[10]  
NAMBU Y, UNPUB