Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-07-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
26 pages, 5 epsf figures, to appear in the Proceedings of SEWM'97
Scientific paper
The physics of the inflationary universe requires the study of the out of equilibrium evolution of quantum fields in curved spacetime. We present the evolution for both the geometry and the matter (described by the quantum inflaton field) by means of the non-perturbative large N limit combined with semi-classical gravitational dynamics including the back-reaction of quantum fluctuations self-consistently for a new inflation scenario. We provide a criterion for the validity of the classical approximation and a full analysis of the case in which spinodal quantum fluctuations drive the evolution of the scale factor. Under carefully determined conditions, we show that the full field equations may be well approximated by those of a single composite field which obeys the classical equation of motion in all cases. The de Sitter stage is found to be followed by a matter dominated phase. We compute the spectrum of scalar density perturbations and argue that the spinodal instabilities are responsible for a `red' spectrum with more power at longer wavelengths. A criterion for the validity of these models is provided and contact with the reconstruction program is established.
Boyanovsky Daniel
Cormier Daniel
de Vega Hector J.
Holman Richard
Kumar Sreenivasa P.
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