Transplanckian energy production and slow roll inflation

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2004-11-18

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0411172v2

Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 023516

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

16 pages, 2 figures, version 2: minor corrections to section 4 and references added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.71.023516

In this paper we investigate how the energy density due to a non-standard choice of initial vacuum affects the expansion of the universe during inflation. To do this we introduce source terms in the Friedmann equations making sure that we respect the relation between gravity and thermodynamics. We find that the energy production automatically implies a slow rolling cosmological constant. Hence we also conclude that there is no well defined value for the cosmological constant in the presence of sources. We speculate that a non-standard vacuum can provide slow roll inflation on its own.

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