To study the generality of inflation from lagrangians containing higher orders of curvature,
we consider the effects of R 3 and R□R terms on the R 2 inflationary scenario. Both direct …

… Berkin is an associate director at First Quadrant, LP, Pasadena, California. Jia Ye is a
director at First Quadrant, LP, Pasadena, California. Note: The authors would like to gratefully …

… model with just V(ii/&); however, the larger values of the self-coupling allowed by our model
allow for much stronger coupling to radiation and thus make efficient reheating far more plau…

This article examines the performance of large equity mutual funds over the past 10, 15, and
20 years. On both a before-and after-tax basis, it is found that the average mutual fund …

We study the cosmology resulting from two coupled scalar fields, one which is either a new
or chaotic-type inflaton and another which has an exponentially decaying potential. Such a …

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We consider multiple scalar fields coupled to gravity, with special attention given to two-field
theories. First, the conditions necessary for these theories to exactly meet solar system tests …

As the adage implies, taxes are unavoidable, as we are all made acutely aware each April.
And, individual investors are not alone. Virtually all companies also contend with the taxes, …

… The universe will evolve slowly while near these curves and therefore undergo al- … the
—6Hvy contribution, and the anisotropy behaves like a damped oscillator, albeit highly nonlinear. …

The one-loop effective potential for a massive, quartically self-interacting scalar field
nonminimally coupled to gravity is calculated in a Bianchi type-I universe with a small anisotropy. …