Inflationary cosmology
Some 25 years after the birth of inflationary cosmology this volume sets out to provide a both authoritative and pedagogical introduction and review of the state of the field. Cosmic inflation corresponds to an episode of accelerated expansion of the very early universe and solves nicely a collectio...
| Other Authors: | Lemoine, M. 1968-, Martin, J., Peter, Patrick., SpringerLink (Online Service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
2007.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 428 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Lecture notes in physics ;
738. |
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| Summary: |
Some 25 years after the birth of inflationary cosmology this volume sets out to provide a both authoritative and pedagogical introduction and review of the state of the field. Cosmic inflation corresponds to an episode of accelerated expansion of the very early universe and solves nicely a collection of puzzles that had plagued standard cosmology so far. Different scenarios exist, though, and the reader will learn about the "ins" and "outs" as the subject and related issues are surveyed. With lectures written by eminent scientists in the field, many of them having made pioneering contributrions in the early hours of the field, Inflationary Cosmology addresses both senior and younger high-energy physicists, cosmologists and observational astrophysicists seeking both a readable account and reference in the field. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Inflationary cosmology / Andrei Lindi -- Preheating after inflation / Lev Kofman -- Particle physics models of inflation / David H. Lyth -- Inflation in the string theory / Renata Kallosh -- Predictions in eternal inflation / Sergei Winitzki -- Inflationary perturbations: the cosmological Schwinger effect / Jérôme Martin -- The numerical treatment of inflationary models / Christophe Ringeval -- Multiple field inflation / David Wands -- The quest for non-gaussianity / Antonio Riotto -- Production of topological defects at the end of inflation / Mairi Sakellariadou -- Conceptual problems of inflationary cosmology and a new approach to cosmological structure formation / Robert H. Brandenberger. Some 25 years after the birth of inflationary cosmology this volume sets out to provide a both authoritative and pedagogical introduction and review of the state of the field. Cosmic inflation corresponds to an episode of accelerated expansion of the very early universe and solves nicely a collection of puzzles that had plagued standard cosmology so far. Different scenarios exist, though, and the reader will learn about the "ins" and "outs" as the subject and related issues are surveyed. With lectures written by eminent scientists in the field, many of them having made pioneering contributrions in the early hours of the field, Inflationary Cosmology addresses both senior and younger high-energy physicists, cosmologists and observational astrophysicists seeking both a readable account and reference in the field. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 428 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783540743538 3540743537 9783540743521 3540743529 |
| ISSN: |
0075-8450 ; |