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hep-th2023
Waiting for Inflation: A New Initial State for the Universe
Brandon Melcher, Arnab Pradhan, Scott Watson
We propose a cosmological lingering phase for the initial state prior to inflation which would help address the singularity problem of inflation. The universe begins with a constan…
hep-th2019
The classical double copy in three spacetime dimensions
Mariana Carrillo González, Brandon Melcher, Kenneth Ratliff +2
The double copy relates scattering amplitudes in gauge and gravity theories, and has also been extended to classical solutions. In this paper, we study solutions in three spacetime…