"The Flow Equation Approach to Inflationary Dynamics"

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Inflation 00:00:00
Hamilton-Jacobi Equations 00:00:27
Slow Roll Parameters 00:01:43
Fluctuation Parameters 00:02:52
Zoology 00:05:42
Hybrid Model 00:07:22
Slow Roll Hierarchy 00:08:13
Flow Equations 00:09:40
Evaluating the Flow Equations 00:13:25
Initial Conditions 00:15:16
Paths in the sigma-epsilon plane 00:19:10
Slow roll expansion 00:22:16
Paths in the sigma-epsilon plane 00:24:07
Slow roll expansion 00:24:26
Results for 100,000 iterations 00:24:44
Initial Conditions 00:30:30
Results for 100,000 iterations 00:30:43
WOW! 00:31:18
graph 00:31:43
graph 00:31:53
graph 00:34:11
graph 00:35:00
graph 00:35:59
Holographic Viewpoint 00:36:23
Fixed Points 00:37:53
graph 00:39:36
Monte Carlo Reconstruction 00:41:06
graph 00:42:24
graph 00:43:22
Error Contours 00:43:44
Reconstruction Potentials 00:45:52
WMAP Reconstruction 00:46:49
Monte Carlo Reconstruction 00:47:24
Reconstruction of known potential 00:48:22
Reconstruction of known potential 00:49:21
Advantages of the flow formalism 00:50:24