Initial conditions for smooth hybrid inflation
- 15 July 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 54 (2) , 1369-1373
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.54.1369
Abstract
We perform a numerical investigation of the field evolution in the smooth hybrid inflationary model. We find that for almost all the examined initial values we do get an adequate amount of inflation. Our results show that the model is "natural" and satisfactory.Keywords
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