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Counting Pockets with World Lines in Eternal Inflation
We consider the long standing puzzle of how to obtain meaningful
probabilities in eternal inflation. We demonstrate a new algorithm to compute
the probability distribution of pocket universe types, given a multivacua
inflationary potential. The computed probability distribution is finite and
manifestly gauge-independent. We argue that in some scenarios this technique
can be applied to disfavor some eternally inflating potentials.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figures, added references, minor elaboration on a few
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