Boundary Effects in Local Inflation and Spectrum of Density Perturbations
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We observe that when a local patch in a radiation filled Robertson-Walker universe inflates by some reason, outside perturbations can enter into the inflating region. Generally, the physical wavelengths of these perturbations become larger than the Hubble radius as they cross into the inflating space and their amplitudes freeze out immediately. It turns out that the corresponding power spectrum is not scale invariant. Although these perturbations cannot reach out to a distance inner observer shielded by a de Sitter horizon, they still indicate a curious boundary effect in local inflationary scenarios.
11 pages, 8 figures, revtex4, v4: minor typos corrected, twocolumn version
11 pages, 8 figures, revtex4, v4: minor typos corrected, twocolumn version