In ation during oscillations of the in aton
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Damour and Mukhanov have recently devised circumstances in which in ation may continue during the oscillatory phase which ensues once the in aton eld reaches the minimum of its potential. We con rm the existence of this phenomenon by numerical integration. In such circumstances the quanti cation of the amount of in ation requires particular care. We use a de nition based on the decrease of the comoving Hubble length, and show that Damour and Mukhanov overestimated the amount of in ation occurring. We use the numerical calculations to check the validity of analytic approximations.
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