Inflation and eternal inflation
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In many models, if inflation begins at all it continues without end in some regions of the universe, creating an infinite amount of spacetime volume.
“in many models, if inflation begins at all it continues without end in some regions of the universe, creating an infinite amount of spacetime volume [26].”
From In What Sense Is the Early Universe Fine-Tuned? (2014) · cites this paper as [26]
According to traditional arguments for eternal inflation, the total physical volume of inflating space will continue to increase thereafter, while pocket universes drop out of the inflating background and reheat.
“according to the traditional arguments for eternal inflation [19, 20, 21, 22, 23] the total physical volume of inflating space will continue to increase thereafter, while 'pocket universes' drop out of the inflating background and reheat.”
From Spontaneous inflation and the origin of the arrow of time (2004) · cites this paper as [23]
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Could the universe have recovered from a slow first-order phase transition?
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Spontaneous inflation and the origin of the arrow of time
Carroll, S. M., & Chen, J. (2004) · arXiv · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0410270 · Cited by 135 · see citing works
Holographic framework for eternal inflation
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Steady state eternal inflation
Aguirre, A., & Gratton, S. (2002) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.65.083507 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
In What Sense Is the Early Universe Fine-Tuned?
Carroll, S. M. (2014) · arXiv · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1406.3057 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
“Contemporary discussion of inflation often side-steps the problem of the required lowentropy initial condition by appealing to the phenomenon of eternal inflation: in many models, if inflation begins at all it continues without end in some regions of the universe, creating an infinite amount of spacetime volume [26].”
BackgroundMaking predictions in a multiverse: conundrums, dangers, coincidences
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Is asymptotically safe inflation eternal?
Chojnacki, J., Krajecka, J., Kwapisz, J. H., Slowik, O., & Strag, A. (2021) · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2021/04/076 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“Eternal inflation can be understood as a random walk of a field and a diffusion process on top of the classical motion [15, 84, 85].”
BackgroundWeyl Curvature Hypothesis in Light of Quantum Backreaction at Cosmological Singularities or Bounces
Hu, B.-L. (2021) · Universe · doi:10.3390/universe7110424 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Is the fine-tuning evidence for a multiverse?
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“Cosmological Inflation (Guth 1981, 2000) is the theory that the early universe enjoyed a period of exponential expansion before moving to a slower rate of expansion.”
Background
- Authors
- Guth, A. H.
- Affiliations
- Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Guth, Alan H.
- ORCID
- Guth, Alan H.
- Venue
- Physics Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2000-08
- Volume
- 333-334
- Pages
- 555-574
- ISSN
- 0370-1573 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1974361786
- Cited by
- 297
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 7.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Physics Reports (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Keywords
- cosmic inflation, eternal inflation, new inflation, chaotic inflation, pocket universes, inflationary models
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