Eternal Chaotic Inflation is Prohibited by Weak Gravity Conjecture
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✦ hep-th
astro-phgr-qchep-ph
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inflationeternalchaoticassistedconjecturefieldgravityweak
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We investigate whether the eternal chaotic inflation can be achieved when the weak gravity conjecture is taken into account. We show that even the assisted chaotic inflation with potential $\lambda\phi^4$ or $m^2\phi^2$ can not be eternal. The effective field theory description for the inflaton field breaks down before inflation reaches the eternal regime. We also find that the total number of e-folds is still bounded by the inflationary entropy for the assisted inflation.
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