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Topological inflation
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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.
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- Authors
- Vilenkin, A.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1994-05-16
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 3137-3140
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3037025755
- Cited by
- 292
- References
- 30
- FWCI
- 11.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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