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Richard Easther

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New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA

2022

K. G. Arun et al.

AstrofísicaPROTOPLANET MIGRATIONFísica-Modelos matemáticosPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)gr-qcFOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)GRAVITATIONAL-WAVEShorizonFundamental physicGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyPhysics Particles & FieldsGravitational wavesLIGO (Observatory)Tests of general relativitySettore FIS/05 - Astronomia e AstrofisicaDARK-MATTERFísica matemáticaKOZAI MECHANISMHigh Energy PhysicsGENERAL-RELATIVITYFundamental physics; Gravitational waves; LISA; Tests of general relativityFundamental physicsPRIMORDIAL BLACK-HOLESLISAScience & TechnologyGeneral Relativity and Cosmology83CXXPhysicsgravitation: interactiongravitational radiationFísicaCompactQUANTUM-GRAVITYPhysical SciencesAstronomia[PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc]fundamental physics; gravitational waves; LISA; test of general relativityMODIFIED GRAVITYtest of general relativityGravitational waveMULTIPOLE MOMENTSHUBBLE CONSTANT
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Inflating an inhomogeneous universe

2014

While cosmological inflation can erase primordial inhomogeneities, it is possible that inflation may not begin in a significantly inhomogeneous universe. This issue is particularly pressing in multifield scenarios, where even the homogeneous dynamics may depend sensitively on the initial configuration. This paper presents an initial survey of the onset of inflation in multifield models, via qualitative lattice-based simulations that do not include local gravitational backreaction. Using hybrid inflation as a test model, our results suggest that small subhorizon inhomogeneities do play a key role in determining whether inflation begins in multifield scenarios. Interestingly, some configurati…

Inflation (cosmology)GravitationPhysicsGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)HomogeneousFOS: Physical sciencesAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsBoundary value problemStatistical physicsAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic AstrophysicsJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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