Towards a gauge invariant volume-weighted probability measure for eternal inflation

Abstract

An improved volume-weighted probability measure for eternal inflation is proposed. For the models studied in this paper it leads to simple and intuitively expected gauge-invariant results.

arXiv comment16 pages, 3 figs, few misprints corrected, comments added

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