13 citations · 20 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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hep-th2014★ 13 cited
Spinodal Instabilities and Super-Planckian Excursions in Natural Inflation
Andreas Albrecht, R. Holman, Benoit J. Richard
Models such as Natural Inflation that use Pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons (PNGB's) as the inflaton are attractive for many reasons. However, they typically require trans-Planckian fi…
hep-th2014★ 7 cited
Feeling de Sitter
Andreas Albrecht, R. Holman, Benoit J. Richard
We address the following question: To what extent can a quantum field tell if it has been placed in de Sitter space? Our approach is to use the techniques of non-equilibrium quantu…