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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Table of Contents:
- 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.