The Inflaton and its Mass
| dc.creator | Brout, Robert | |
| dc.date | 2002-01-18 | |
| dc.date | 2002-01-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:26:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:26:36Z | |
| dc.description | In the context of the two fluid model of space-time fluctuations proposed to tame the transplanckian problem encountered in black hole physics, it is postulated that the inflaton is the fluctuation of mode density, ``the vapor component'' of the model. The mass of the inflaton is occasioned by the exchange of degrees of freedom between the ``vapor'' and the ``liquid'', the planckian ``soup'' in which usual ``cisplanckian'' fields propagate. This exchange between vacuum fluctuations is modeled after its counterpart in the real world i.e. black hole evaporation. In order of magnitude, a very rough semiquantitative estimate, would situate the mass somewhere between $10^{-10}$ and $10^{-5}$ planck masses, the largest uncertainty being the mass of the planckian black hole fluctuation i.e. the entropy that one ascribes to it. | |
| dc.description | LaTex file, 11 pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0201060 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0201060 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/34105 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | The Inflaton and its Mass | |
| dc.type | text |