1. COSMOLOGICAL ROLLING SOLUTIONS OF NONLOCAL THEORIES.
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CALCAGNI, GIANLUCA, NARDELLI, GIUSEPPE, and Gregory, R.
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SCALAR field theory , *CUBIC equations , *EXPONENTIAL functions , *EXPONENTIAL sums , *METAPHYSICAL cosmology - Abstract
We find nonperturbative solutions of a nonlocal scalar field equation, with cubic or exponential potential on a cosmological background. The former case corresponds to the lowest level effective tachyon action of cubic string field theory. While the well known Minkowski solution is wildly oscillating, due to Hubble friction its cosmological counterpart describes smooth rolling toward the local minimum of the potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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