2005年2月
Kink instability and stabilization of the Friedmann universe with scalar fields
PHYSICS LETTERS B
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- 巻
- 607
- 号
- 1-2
- 開始ページ
- 8
- 終了ページ
- 16
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.12.035
- 出版者・発行元
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
The evolution of weak discontinuity is investigated in the flat FRW universe with a single scalar field and with multiple scalar fields. We consider both massless scalar fields and scalar fields with exponential potentials. Then we find that a new type of instability, i.e., kink instability develops in the flat FRW universe with massless scalar fields. The kink instability develops with scalar fields with considerably steep exponential potentials, while less steep exponential potentials do not suffer from kink instability. In particular, assisted inflation with multiple scalar fields does not suffer from kink instability. The stability of general spherically symmetric self-similar solutions is also discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.12.035
- ISSN : 0370-2693
- eISSN : 1873-2445
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000226817500002