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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146553103321

Titolo

Inflationary cosmology / / M. Lemoine, J. Martin, P. Peter (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer, c2008

ISBN

3-540-74353-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 428 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 738

Altri autori (Persone)

LemoineM <1968-> (Martin)

MartinJ (Jerome)

PeterPatrick

Disciplina

523.1

Soggetti

Cosmology

Inflationary universe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Inflationary Cosmology -- Preheating After Inflation -- Particle Physics Models of Inflation -- Inflation in String Theory -- Predictions in Eternal Inflation -- Inflationary Perturbations: The Cosmological Schwinger Effect -- The Numerical Treatment of Inflationary Models -- Multiple Field Inflation -- The Quest for Non-gaussianity -- Production of Topological Defects at the End of Inflation -- Conceptual Problems of Inflationary Cosmology and a New Approach to Cosmological Structure Formation.

Sommario/riassunto

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.