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Monte Carlo reconstruction of the inflationary potential
Richard Easther, William H. Kinney
We present Monte Carlo reconstruction, a new method for ``inverting'' observational data to constrain the form of the scalar field potential responsible for inflation. This stochas…
Inflation: flow, fixed points and observables to arbitrary order in slow roll
William H. Kinney
I generalize the inflationary flow equations of Hoffman and Turner to arbitrary order in slow roll. This makes it possible to study the predictions of slow roll inflation in the fu…
The Ultimate Fate of Life in an Accelerating Universe
Katherine Freese, William H. Kinney
The ultimate fate of life in a universe with accelerated expansion is considered. Previous work showed that life cannot go on indefinitely in a universe dominated by a cosmological…
A generic estimate of trans-Planckian modifications to the primordial power spectrum in inflation
Richard Easther, Brian R. Greene, William H. Kinney +1
We derive a general expression for the power spectra of scalar and tensor fluctuations generated during inflation given an arbitrary choice of boundary condition for the mode funct…