The overshoot problem and giant structures

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/061MaRDI QIDQ440454zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors N. Itzhaki

Publication date 18 August 2012

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.3216

zbMATH Keywords

overshoot problemsmall-field inflation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25)

Abstract: Models of small-field inflation often suffer from the overshoot problem. A particularly efficient resolution to the problem was proposed recently in the context of string theory. We show that this resolution predicts the existence of giant spherically symmetric overdense regions with radius of at least 110 Mpc. We argue that if such structures will be found they could offer an experimental window into string theory.

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