Hyperextended inflation

Paul J. Steinhardt, Frank S. Accetta

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Abstract

We present a dynamical mechanism for completing inflationary phase transitions via bubble nucleation which can satisfy all known constraints for a wide spectrum of models and parameters. The approach is a generalization of the recent extended inflation model which corrects a serious flaw. We find an essentially model-independent bubble-size distribution which may be important for large-scale structure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2740-2743
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume64
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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