Classical inhomogeneities in string cosmology
Alessandra Buonanno, Krzysztof A. Meissner, C. Ungarelli, G. Veneziano
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Alessandra Buonanno, Krzysztof A. Meissner, C. Ungarelli, G. Veneziano
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We generalize previous work on inhomogeneous pre-big bang cosmology by including the effect of nontrivial moduli and antisymmetric-tensor--axion fields. The general quasihomogeneous 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.
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We generalize previous work on inhomogeneous pre-big bang cosmology by including the effect of nontrivial moduli and antisymmetric-tensor--axion fields. The general quasihomogeneous 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.
Key concepts: Initial singularity, Physics, Antisymmetric tensor, Cosmology, Theoretical physics, Inflation (cosmology), Conjecture, Attractor