Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-03-09
Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 043538
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
27 pages, 13 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.043538
We study, analytically and with lattice simulations, the decay of coherent field oscillations and the subsequent thermalization of the resulting stochastic classical wave-field. The problem of reheating of the Universe after inflation constitutes our prime motivation and application of the results. We identify three different stages of these processes. During the initial stage of ``parametric resonance'', only a small fraction of the initial inflaton energy is transferred to fluctuations in the physically relevant case of sufficiently large couplings. A major fraction is transfered in the prompt regime of driven turbulence. The subsequent long stage of thermalization classifies as free turbulence. During the turbulent stages, the evolution of particle distribution functions is self-similar. We show that wave kinetic theory successfully describes the late stages of our lattice calculation. Our analytical results are general and give estimates of reheating time and temperature in terms of coupling constants and initial inflaton amplitude.
Micha Raphael
Tkachev Igor I.
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