 Slow-roll approximation (source code)

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= Slow-roll approximation
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= Slow-roll
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= Slow-roll inflation
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= Slow-roll equations
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For a canonical scalar field with potential $V(\phi)$, slow roll reduces the field and Friedmann equations to
$$
H^2\simeq\frac{V}{3M_{\rm Pl}^2},
\qquad
3H\dot\phi\simeq-V'.
$$

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