Instabilities, Point Attractors and Limit Cycles in a Inflationary Universe
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We study the stability of a scalar inflaton field and analyze its point attractors in the phase space. We show that the value of the inflaton field in the vacuum is a bifurcation parameter and prove the possible existence of a limit cycle by using analytical and numerical arguments. To be published in Modern Physics Letters A Electronic address: [email protected]
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