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arxiv: 1006.2170 · v2 · pith:GD3HQOQLnew · submitted 2010-06-10 · ✦ hep-th · astro-ph.CO· gr-qc· hep-ph

Measure Problem for Eternal and Non-Eternal Inflation

classification ✦ hep-th astro-ph.COgr-qchep-ph
keywords inflationeternalpredictionschangemeasurecausalcontinuouscontinuously
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We study various probability measures for eternal inflation by applying their regularization prescriptions to models where inflation is not eternal. For simplicity we work with a toy model describing inflation that can interpolate between eternal and non-eternal inflation by continuous variation of a parameter. We investigate whether the predictions of four different measures (proper time, scale factor cutoff, stationary and causal {diamond}) change continuously with the change of this parameter. We will show that {only} for the stationary measure the predictions change continuously. For the proper-time and the scale factor cutoff, the predictions are strongly discontinuous. For the causal diamond measure, the predictions are continuous only if the stage of the slow-roll inflation is sufficiently long.

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