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astro-ph.CO2016★ 25 cited
The role of fluctuation-dissipation dynamics in setting initial conditions for inflation
Mar Bastero-Gil, Arjun Berera, Robert Brandenberger +3
We study the problem of initial conditions for slow-roll inflation along a plateau-like scalar potential within the framework of fluctuation-dissipation dynamics. We consider, in p…
hep-ph2016★ 200 cited
Warm Little Inflaton
Mar Bastero-Gil, Arjun Berera, Rudnei O. Ramos +1
We show that inflation can naturally occur at a finite temperature T>H that is sustained by dissipative effects, when the inflaton field corresponds to a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bos…