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    Long-Wavelength Modes of Cosmological Scalar Fields

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    We give a numerical analysis of long-wavelength modes in the WKB approximation of cosmological scalar fields coupled to gravity via ξϕ2R\xi\phi^{2}R. Massless fields are coupled conformally at ξ=1/6\xi=1/6. Conformality can be preserved for fields of nonzero mass by shifting ξ\xi. We discuss implications for density perturbations.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures, several stylistic improvement
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