We show that the inclusion of backreaction of massive long wavelengths imposes dynamical constraints on the allowed phase space of initial conditions for inflation, which results in a superselection rule for the initial conditions. Only high energy inflation is stable against collapse due to the gravitational instability of massive perturbations. We present arguments to the effect that the initial conditions problem cannot be meaningfully addressed by thermostatistics as far as the gravitational degrees of freedom are concerned. Rather, the choice of the initial conditions for the universe in the phase space and the emergence of an arrow of time have to be treated as a dynamic selection
We study the overshoot problem in the context of post-inflationary string cosmology (in particular L...
We analyze cosmology assuming unitary quantum mechanics, using a tripartite partition into system, ...
Abstract: We use an explicit Randall-Sundrum brane world effective potential as congruent with condi...
We show that the inclusion of backreaction of massive long wavelengths imposes dynamical constraints...
We show that the inclusion of backreaction of massive long wavelengths imposes dynamical constraints...
We propose that the initial state of the Universe was an isotropic state of maximal entropy. Such a ...
We propose that the initial state of the Universe was an isotropic state of maximal entropy. Such a ...
If our universe underwent inflation, its entropy during the inflationary phase was substantially low...
The dynamics of a second-order phase transition during inflation, which is induced by time-variation...
We investigate the Selection of Original Universe Proposal (SOUP) of Tye et al and show that as it s...
When general relativity is augmented by quadratic gravity terms, it becomes a renormalisable theory ...
The physics of the inflationary universe requires the study of the out of equilibrium evolution of q...
We show that in a generic case of the pre-big-bang scenario, inflation will solve cosmological probl...
I discuss the Boltzmann-Penrose question of why the initial conditions for cosmology have low entrop...
textGravitational waves are truly transparent to matter in the Universe and carry the information of...
We study the overshoot problem in the context of post-inflationary string cosmology (in particular L...
We analyze cosmology assuming unitary quantum mechanics, using a tripartite partition into system, ...
Abstract: We use an explicit Randall-Sundrum brane world effective potential as congruent with condi...
We show that the inclusion of backreaction of massive long wavelengths imposes dynamical constraints...
We show that the inclusion of backreaction of massive long wavelengths imposes dynamical constraints...
We propose that the initial state of the Universe was an isotropic state of maximal entropy. Such a ...
We propose that the initial state of the Universe was an isotropic state of maximal entropy. Such a ...
If our universe underwent inflation, its entropy during the inflationary phase was substantially low...
The dynamics of a second-order phase transition during inflation, which is induced by time-variation...
We investigate the Selection of Original Universe Proposal (SOUP) of Tye et al and show that as it s...
When general relativity is augmented by quadratic gravity terms, it becomes a renormalisable theory ...
The physics of the inflationary universe requires the study of the out of equilibrium evolution of q...
We show that in a generic case of the pre-big-bang scenario, inflation will solve cosmological probl...
I discuss the Boltzmann-Penrose question of why the initial conditions for cosmology have low entrop...
textGravitational waves are truly transparent to matter in the Universe and carry the information of...
We study the overshoot problem in the context of post-inflationary string cosmology (in particular L...
We analyze cosmology assuming unitary quantum mechanics, using a tripartite partition into system, ...
Abstract: We use an explicit Randall-Sundrum brane world effective potential as congruent with condi...