Maurizio Gasperini

Elements of String Cosmology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A self-contained, pedagogical introduction to string cosmology for astrophysicists and high-energy physicists, first published in 2007.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 570
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 971g
• ISBN-13: 9780521187985
• ISBN-10: 0521187982
• Artikelnr.: 32733534

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Notation, units and conventions
1. A short review of standard and inflationary cosmology
2. The basic string cosmology equations
3. Conformal invariance and string effective action
4. Duality symmetries and cosmological solutions
5. Inflationary kinematics
6. The string phase
7. The cosmic background of relic gravitational waves
8. Scalar perturbations and the anisotropy of the CMB radiation
9. Dilaton phenomenology
10. Elements of brane cosmology
Index.