The Inflationary Wavefunction and its Initial Conditions
arXiv:1109.6566 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/12/012
Abstract
We explore the effect of initial conditions on the inflationary wavefunction and their consequences for the observed spectrum of primordial fluctuations. In a class of models with a sudden transition into inflation we find that, for a reasonable set of assumptions about the reheat temperature and the number of e-foldings, it is possible for initial conditions set by a pre-inflationary epoch to have an observable effect.
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