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Classical Inhomogeneities in String Cosmology

We generalize previous work on inhomogeneous pre-big bang cosmology by including the effect of non-trivial moduli and antisymmetric-tensor/axion fields. The general quasi-homogeneous asymptotic solution---as one approaches the big bang singularity from perturbative initial data---is given and its ra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Buonanno, A., Meissner, K.A., Ungarelli, C., Veneziano, G.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.57.2543
http://cds.cern.ch/record/329084
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Sumario:We generalize previous work on inhomogeneous pre-big bang cosmology by including the effect of non-trivial moduli and antisymmetric-tensor/axion fields. The general quasi-homogeneous asymptotic solution---as one approaches the big bang singularity from perturbative initial data---is given and its range of validity is discussed, allowing us to give a general quantitative estimate of the amount of inflation obtained during the perturbative pre-big bang era. The question of determining early-time ``attractors'' for generic pre-big bang cosmologies is also addressed, and a motivated conjecture is advanced. We also discuss S-duality-related features of the solutions, and speculate on the way an asymptotic T-duality symmetry may act on moduli space as one approaches the big bang.