Colliding bubble universes in eternal inflation

We briefly summarize arguments for inflation and discuss eternal inflation. We then discuss the motion of domain walls and null shells that form in two-bubble collision processes in both the global and in-bubble FRW coordinates. Comments are made regarding possible observational signals.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Thomas, Nathaniel C. (Nathaniel Cabot)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Alan H. Guth.

• Physics.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65533

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/65533