Topological inflation
- 16 May 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 72 (20) , 3137-3140
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.72.3137
Abstract
Inflation can occur in the cores of topological defects, where the scalar field is forced to stay near the maximum of its potential. This topological inflation does not require fine tuning of the initial conditions.Keywords
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