3 papers
astro-ph2005
Inflationary Cosmology: Exploring the Universe from the Smallest to the Largest Scales
Alan H. Guth, David I. Kaiser
Understanding the behavior of the universe at large depends critically on insights about the smallest units of matter and their fundamental interactions. Inflationary cosmology is…
astro-ph1996
Supercurvature Modes from Preheating in an Open Universe
David I. Kaiser
Preheating following the inflationary phase in models of open inflation is considered. The most significant difference from a preheating scenario in flat space is that supercurvatu…
astro-ph1995
Frame-Independent Calculation of Spectral Indices from Inflation
David Kaiser
Spectral indices from models of inflation which incorporate a Generalized Einstein Theory (GET) gravity sector are calculated to first order in a slow-roll expansion. By quantizing…