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Inflation from Tachyon Condensation, Large N Effects
Mahbub Majumdar, Anne-Christine Davis
Using only general properties of the tachyon potential we show that inflation may be generic when many branes and anti-branes become coincident. Inflation may occur because of: (1)…
hep-th2003★ 12 cited
D-brane Anti-brane Annihilation in an Expanding Universe
Mahbub Majumdar, Anne-Christine Davis
The time-varying density of D-branes and anti-D-branes in an expanding universe is calculated. The D-brane anti-brane annihilation rate is shown to be too small to compete with the…