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    On the Onset of Inflation in Loop Quantum Cosmology
    (2007-02-02T09:12:35Z) Germani, Cristiano; Nelson, William; Sakellariadou, Mairi; Physics; Elementary Particle Theory
    Using a Liouville measure, similar to the one proposed recently by Gibbons and Turok, we investigate the probability that single-field inflation with a polynomial potential can last long enough to solve the shortcomings of the standard hot big bang model, within the semiclassical regime of loop quantum cosmology. We conclude that, for such a class of inflationary models and for natural values of the loop quantum cosmology parameters, a successful inflationary scenario is highly improbable.