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Particle production and reheating in the inflationary universe

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arxiv 0810.2039 v2 pith:QN6JHIBZ submitted 2008-10-11 hep-ph

Particle production and reheating in the inflationary universe

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keywords fieldsparticleproductiondecayinflationaryinflatonuniversealongside
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Thermal field theory is applied to particle production rates in inflationary models, leading to new results for catalysed, or two-stage decay, where massive fields act as decay channels for the production of light fields. A numerical investigation of the Bolztmann equation in an expanding universe shows that the particle distributions produced during small amplitude inflaton oscillations or alongside slowly moving inflaton fields can thermalise.

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