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arxiv: 1504.00867 · v1 · pith:2OOQYJ65new · submitted 2015-04-03 · ✦ hep-th · astro-ph.CO· gr-qc· hep-ph

Can Back-Reaction Prevent Eternal Inflation?

classification ✦ hep-th astro-ph.COgr-qchep-ph
keywords back-reactioneffectsinflationfieldgrowthpreventstochasticcase
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We study the effects which the back-reaction of long wavelength fluctuations exert on stochastic inflation. In the cases of power-law and Starobinsky inflation these effects are too weak to terminate the stochastic growth of the inflaton field. However, in the case of the cyclic Ekpyrotic scenario, the back-reaction effects prevent the unlimited growth of the scalar field.

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