Inflation and string theory

395 Pages·1965·22.198 MB·English, French

by  Daniel Baumann & Liam McAllister

INFLATION AND STRING THEORY
Thepasttwodecadeshaveseentransformativeadvancesincosmologyandstring
theory. Observations of the cosmic microwave background have revealed strong
evidence for a period of inflationary expansion in the very early universe, while
newinsightsaboutcompactificationsofstringtheoryhaveledtoadeeperunder-
standingofinflationinaframeworkthatunifiesquantummechanicsandgeneral
relativity.
Writtenbytwooftheleadingresearchersinthefield,thiscompleteandacces-
sible volume provides a modern treatment of inflationary cosmology and its
connections to string theory and elementary particle theory. After an up-to-date
experimentalsummary,theauthorspresentthefoundationsofeffectivefieldthe-
ory, string theory, and string compactifications, setting the stage for a detailed
examination of models of inflation in string theory. Three appendices contain
background material in geometry and cosmological perturbation theory, mak-
ing this a self-contained resource for graduate students and researchers in string
theory, cosmology, and related fields.
Daniel Baumann is Reader in Theoretical Physics at the University of
Cambridge. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2008 and was a
postdoctoralresearcheratHarvardUniversityandattheInstituteforAdvanced
Study in Princeton.
Liam McAllister is Associate Professor of Physics at Cornell University.
He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2005 and was a postdoctoral
researcher at Princeton University.

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Inflation and String Theory
DANIEL BAUMANN
University of Cambridge
LIAM MCALLISTER
Cornell University
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