Downloaded from UvA-DARE, the institutional repository of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) http://dare.uva.nl/document/485112 File ID 485112 Filename Thesis SOURCE (OR PART OF THE FOLLOWING SOURCE): Type Dissertation Title The universe on edge: Limits of the effective field theory approach in the very early universe Author J.M. Oberreuter Faculty Faculty of Science Year 2013 Pages xii, 172 ISBN 9789461917485 FULL BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS: http://dare.uva.nl/record/446399 Copyright It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (http://dare.uva.nl) T U E HE NIVERSE ON DGE LIMITS OF THE EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY APPROACH IN THE VERY EARLY UNIVERSE T U E HE NIVERSE ON DGE LIMITS OF THE EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY APPROACH IN THE VERY EARLY UNIVERSE ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT terverkrijgingvandegraadvandoctor aandeUniversiteitvanAmsterdam opgezagvandeRectorMagnificus prof. dr. D.C.vandenBoom tenoverstaanvaneendoorhetcollegevoorpromotiesingestelde commissie,inhetopenbaarteverdedigenindeAgnietenkapel opwoensdag29mei2013,te12:00uur door JOHANNES MICHAEL OBERREUTER geborenteGra¨felfing,Duitsland. PROMOTIECOMMISSIE PROMOTOR prof. dr. E.P.Verlinde CO-PROMOTORES dr. K.E.Schalm dr. J.P.vanderSchaar OVERIGE LEDEN prof. dr. A.Achu´carro prof. dr. J.deBoer prof. dr. B.Craps dr. D.Roest prof. dr. K.Skenderis FACULTEIT DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, WISKUNDE EN INFORMATICA ISBN978-94-6191-748-5 The cover illustration is inspired by “Der Zeichner der Laute”, woodcut by Albrecht Du¨rer (1525). The pattern in violin shape is the map of the temperature anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background radiation as measured by the Planck spacecraft (copyrightESAandthePlanckCollaboration). Thisworkispartoftheresearchprogramofthe“Stichting voorFundamenteelOnderzoekderMaterie(FOM)”,which is part of the “Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschap- pelijkOnderzoek(NWO)”. Vonderinspiration Nureinanfa¨ngervonengel fliegtunterhalbderwolken (nochisterinsichselbst nichtweitgenugentferntvommenschen) Wenndeinestirneinflu¨gelstreift, ist’seinervonihnen, unddustehstamanfang wieer. ReinerKunze[6] viii
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