Conditions for inflation in an initially inhomogeneous universe

Nathalie Deruelle and Dalia S. Goldwirth
Phys. Rev. D 51, 1563 – Published 15 February 1995
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Abstract

Using a long wavelength iteration scheme to solve Einstein’s equations near the big-bang singularity of a universe driven by a massive scalar field, we find how big initial quasi-isotropic inhomogeneities can be before they can prevent inflation to set in.

  • Received 27 September 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.51.1563

©1995 American Physical Society

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Nathalie Deruelle

  • Département d’Astrophysique Relativiste et de Cosmologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire de Paris, 92196 Meudon Cedex, France
  • Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, England

Dalia S. Goldwirth

  • School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 69976 Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Vol. 51, Iss. 4 — 15 February 1995

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