Colliding bubble universes in eternal inflation

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Thomas, Nathaniel C. (Nathaniel Cabot)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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Alan H. Guth.
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Abstract
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.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2011.
 
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-50).
 
Date issued
2011
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65533
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Physics.
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