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hep-th2014★ 2 cited
EFT Beyond the Horizon: Stochastic Inflation and How Primordial Quantum Fluctuations Go Classical
C. P. Burgess, R. Holman, G. Tasinato +1
We identify the effective theory describing inflationary super-Hubble scales and show it to be a special case of effective field theories appropriate to open systems. Open systems…
gr-qc2014★ 46 cited
Who You Gonna Call? Runaway Ghosts, Higher Derivatives and Time-Dependence in EFTs
C. P. Burgess, M. Williams
We briefly review the formulation of effective field theories (EFTs) in time-dependent situations, with particular attention paid to their domain of validity. Our main interest is…