Hurdles for Recent Measures in Eternal Inflation

dc.creatorAguirre, Anthony
dc.creatorGratton, Steven
dc.creatorJohnson, Matthew C
dc.date2006-11-21
dc.date2007-03-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:23:12Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:23:12Z
dc.descriptionIn recent literature on eternal inflation, a number of measures have been introduced which attempt to assign probabilities to different pocket universes by counting the number of each type of pocket according to a specific procedure. We give an overview of the existing measures, pointing out some interesting connections and generic predictions. For example, pairs of vacua that undergo fast transitions between themselves will be strongly favored. The resultant implications for making predictions in a generic potential landscape are discussed. We also raise a number of issues concerning the types of transitions that observers in eternal inflation are able to experience.
dc.description15 PRD-style pages, 5 figures, expanded discussion of measures in Sec. II, added references
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0611221
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0611221
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D75:123501,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.75.123501
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194814
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleHurdles for Recent Measures in Eternal Inflation
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