The Ubiquitous Inflaton of String Theory

Preprint

20 April 1999

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

A string theory based inflationary model is developed where the inflaton interacts with a multitude of massive string level states causing dissipation of vacuum energy. Inflation terminates in a warm Universe without the need for reheating.

Keywords

UBIQUITOUS INFLATON
INFLATON INTERACTS
INFLATIONARY MODEL
STRING THEORY
DISSIPATION
VACUUM
THEORY

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Version 1, 1999-04-20, ArXiv
Version 2, 1999-07-01, ArXiv
Version 3, 1999-07-27, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 83 (6), 1084.

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