Generality of topological inflation
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Publication:4467262
DOI10.1088/0264-9381/21/1/020zbMATH Open1061.83083arXivgr-qc/0307092OpenAlexW2019416736MaRDI QIDQ4467262FDOQ4467262
Authors: Nobuyuki Sakai 
Publication date: 9 June 2004
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Many authors claimed that a large initial inhomogeneity prevents the onset of inflation and therefore inflation takes place only if the scalar field is homogeneous or appropriately chosen over the horizon scale. We show that those arguments do not apply to topological inflation. The core of a defect starts inflation even if it has much smaller size than the horizon and much larger gradient energy than the potential, as long as the vacuum expectation value is large enough () and the core is not contracting initially. This is due to stability of false vacuum.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0307092
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