String Cosmology

Author : Maurizio Gasperini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521868750

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Elements of String Cosmology by Maurizio Gasperini Pdf

The standard cosmological picture of our Universe emerging from a 'big bang' leaves open many fundamental questions which string theory, a unified theory of all forces of nature, should be able to answer. This 2007 text was the first dedicated to string cosmology, and contains a pedagogical introduction to the basic notions of the subject. It describes the possible scenarios suggested by string theory for the primordial evolution of our Universe. It discusses the main phenomenological consequences of these scenarios, stresses their differences from each other, and compares them to the more conventional models of inflation. The book summarises over 15 years of research in this field and introduces advances. It is self-contained, so it can be read by astrophysicists with no knowledge of string theory, and high-energy physicists with little understanding of cosmology. Detailed and explicit derivations of all the results presented provide a deeper appreciation of the subject.

Author : Johanna Erdmenger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527628070

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String Cosmology by Johanna Erdmenger Pdf

This relatively new field applies equations from string theory to solve the questions of early cosmology, since the standard picture of our universe emerging from a 'big bang' leaves many fundamental issues unanswered. String theory, on the other hand, postulates that fundamental ingredients of nature are not zero-dimensional point particles but tiny one-dimensional filaments. This theory harmoniously unites quantum mechanics and general relativity -- the previously known laws of the small and the large -- which are otherwise incompatible. The field of string cosmology has matured considerably over the past few years, attracting many new adherents. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the topic, it is difficult for practitioners to be conversant with all the many different aspects. This book thus fills a huge gap by bringing together all the different strains of research into one single volume. The resulting collection of selected articles presents the latest, ongoing results from renowned experts currently working in the field. From the contents: * Introduction to Cosmology and String Theory * String Inflation: Brane Inflation and Inflation from Moduli * Cosmic Superstrings * The CMB as a Possible Probe of String Theory * String Gas Cosmology * Gauge-gravity Duality and String Cosmology * Heterotic M-theory and C A welcome addition to the literature for graduate students, students in astronomy, astronomers, mathematicians and theoretical physicists.

Author : Horaţiu Năstase
Publisher : Springer
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030150778

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Cosmology and String Theory by Horaţiu Năstase Pdf

Cosmology describes the evolution of the Universe and is based on a description of its beginning from quantum fluctuations. String theory is the only known consistent theory of quantum gravity that can deal with the highest energy scales near the Planck energy, relevant for cosmology's beginning. As a result, only string theory can give a fully consistent picture of cosmological origins. This book describes the best current avenues for obtaining cosmology from string theory. It is aimed at graduate students, and also researchers, with some familiarity with cosmology and string theory, however no detailed knowledge is required.

Author : Gianluca Calcagni
Publisher : Springer
Page : 843 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319411279

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Classical and Quantum Cosmology by Gianluca Calcagni Pdf

This comprehensive textbook is devoted to classical and quantum cosmology, with particular emphasis on modern approaches to quantum gravity and string theory and on their observational imprint. It covers major challenges in theoretical physics such as the big bang and the cosmological constant problem. An extensive review of standard cosmology, the cosmic microwave background, inflation and dark energy sets the scene for the phenomenological application of all the main quantum-gravity and string-theory models of cosmology. Born of the author's teaching experience and commitment to bridging the gap between cosmologists and theoreticians working beyond the established laws of particle physics and general relativity, this is a unique text where quantum-gravity approaches and string theory are treated on an equal footing. As well as introducing cosmology to undergraduate and graduate students with its pedagogical presentation and the help of 45 solved exercises, this book, which includes an ambitious bibliography of about 3500 items, will serve as a valuable reference for lecturers and researchers.

Author : Daniel Baumann,Liam McAllister
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107089693

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Inflation and String Theory by Daniel Baumann,Liam McAllister Pdf

This accessible volume provides a modern treatment of the cosmological and string-theoretic background necessary to understand inflation in string theory.

Author : D. Bailin,A. Love
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420057006

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Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory by D. Bailin,A. Love Pdf

Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory focuses on the cosmological implications of the gauge theories of particle physics and of string theory. The book first examines the universe's series of phase transitions in which the successive gauge symmetries of the higher-temperature phase were spontaneously broken after the big bang, discussing relics of these phase transitions, more generic relics (baryons, neutrinos, axions), and supersymmetric particles (neutralinos and gravitinos). The author next studies supersymmetric theory, supergravity theory, and the constraints on the underlying field theory of the universe's inflationary era. The book concludes with a discussion of black hole solutions of the supergravity theory that approximates string theory at low energies and the insight that string theory affords into the microscopic origin of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory provides a modern introduction to these important problems from a particle physicist's perspective. It is intended as an introductory textbook for a first course on the subject at a graduate level.

Author : France) (2004 NATO Advanced Study Institute on String Theory: From Gauge Interactions to Cosmology Cargèse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1402037317

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String Theory: From Gauge Interactions to Cosmology by France) (2004 NATO Advanced Study Institute on String Theory: From Gauge Interactions to Cosmology Cargèse Pdf

Author : A. Vilenkin,Alexander Vilenkin,E. P. S. Shellard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521654769

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Cosmic Strings and Other Topological Defects by A. Vilenkin,Alexander Vilenkin,E. P. S. Shellard Pdf

Comprehensive introduction to the role of cosmic strings and other topological defects in the universe.

Author : M.R. Anderson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420033366

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The Mathematical Theory of Cosmic Strings by M.R. Anderson Pdf

This book is a comprehensive survey of the current state of knowledge about the dynamics and gravitational properties of cosmic strings treated in the idealized classical approximation as line singularities described by the Nambu-Goto action. The author's purpose is to provide a standard reference to all work that has been published since the mid-1970s and to link this work together in a single conceptual framework and a single notational formalism. A working knowledge of basic general relativity is assumed. The book will be essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students in mathematics, theoretical physics, and astronomy interested in cosmic strings.

Author : U Danielsson,A Goobar,B Nilsson
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814479660

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String Theory and Cosmology by U Danielsson,A Goobar,B Nilsson Pdf

The Nobel Symposium in 2003 on String Theory and Cosmology was a gathering of many of the most active and distinguished scientists in the world, including Stephen Hawking, 2004 Nobel Prize winner David Gross, and Andrei Linde. The experts, comprising both theoreticians and experimentalists, were given the opportunity to discuss the present status of their respective subjects. Throughout the symposium, special attention was given to the connections between the fields: the questions posed ranged from ”Can cosmology be used to test string theory?” to ”Can string theory answer deep questions about cosmology?” The symposium marked a new era in the understanding of the science of the very small and the very large. This book is a unique document that reflects upon the state of fundamental physics at a historically important moment in time. Contents:Supernovae and Dark Energy (J L Tonry)Studying Dark Energy with Supernovae: Now, Soon, and the Not-Too-Distant Future (S Perlmutter)What Have We Learned from Cosmic Microwave Background Fluctuations? (D N Spergel)Quintessential Ideas (P J Steinhardt)Prospects of Inflation (A Linde)A Non Singular Universe (S Hawking)Unconventional Scenarios and Perturbations Therein (G Veneziano)Holographic Cosmology 3.0 (T Banks & W Fischler)Bouncing Universes in String Theory? (J Polchinski)Remarks on Tachyon Driven Cosmology (A Sen)Beyond Inflation: A Cyclic Universe Scenario (N Turok & P J Steinhardt)Creating Naked Singularities and Negative Energy (G T Horowitz)Filtering Gravity: Modification at Large Distances? (G Dvali)Cosmological Singularities in String Theory (D Kutasov)Where Do We Stand in Fundamental (String) Theory (D J Gross) Readership: Scientists in the fields of particle physics, string theory, cosmology and astronomy. Keywords:String Theory;Cosmology;Inflation;Dark Matter;Dark Energy;Big BangKey Features:A unique synthesis of the way cosmologists and string theorists view the origins of our universeA historical document representing a decisive moment in the history of cosmologyIncludes contributions from many of the most prominent astronomers and physicists in the world

Author : John W. Maiden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89094424355

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Application of D-branes in String Model Building and String Cosmology by John W. Maiden Pdf

Author : Steven S. Gubser
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400834433

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The Little Book of String Theory by Steven S. Gubser Pdf

The essential beginner's guide to string theory The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. But it is unproven and fraught with controversy. After reading this book, you'll be able to draw your own conclusions about string theory. Steve Gubser begins by explaining Einstein's famous equation E = mc2, quantum mechanics, and black holes. He then gives readers a crash course in string theory and the core ideas behind it. In plain English and with a minimum of mathematics, Gubser covers strings, branes, string dualities, extra dimensions, curved spacetime, quantum fluctuations, symmetry, and supersymmetry. He describes efforts to link string theory to experimental physics and uses analogies that nonscientists can understand. How does Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu relate to quantum mechanics? What would it be like to fall into a black hole? Why is dancing a waltz similar to contemplating a string duality? Find out in the pages of this book. The Little Book of String Theory is the essential, most up-to-date beginner's guide to this elegant, multidimensional field of physics.

Author : Maurizio Gasperini,Jnan Maharana
Publisher : Springer
Page : 974 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540742333

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String Theory and Fundamental Interactions by Maurizio Gasperini,Jnan Maharana Pdf

This book has been prepared to celebrate the 65th birthday of Gabriele Veneziano and his retirement from CERN in September 2007. This reti- ment certainly will not mark the end of his extraordinary scienti?c career (in particular, he will remain on the permanent sta? of the Coll` ege de France in Paris), but we believe that this important step deserves a special celebration, and an appropriate recognition of his monumental contribution to physics. Our initial idea of preparing a volume of Selected papers of Professor Gabriele Veneziano, possibly with some added commentary, was dismissed when we realized that this format of book, very popular in former times, has become redundant today because of the full “digitalization” of all important physical journals, and their availability online in the electronic archives. We have thus preferred an alternative (and unconventional, but probably more e?ective) form of celebrating Gabriele’s birthday: a collection of new papers written by his main collaborators and friends on the various aspects of th- retical physics that have been the object of his research work, during his long and fruitful career.

Author : Pran Nath,Stephen Reucroff
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992-05-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814554855

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Particles, Strings And Cosmology - Proceedings Of The 2nd International Symposium by Pran Nath,Stephen Reucroff Pdf

This book contains papers by leading physicists on developments in high energy physics, string theory and cosmology. Topics covered include recent results from accelerator and non-accelerator experiments, CP-violation, neutrino physics, precision tests of the Standard Model, quantum gravity and two-dimensional gravity, superstring theory and superstring phenomenology, relativistic astrophysics and cosmology.

Author : Spiros Cotsakis,Eleftherios Papantonopoulos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540480259

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Cosmological Crossroads by Spiros Cotsakis,Eleftherios Papantonopoulos Pdf

This book has grown out of lectures held at a summer school on cosmology, in response to an ever increasing need for an advanced textbook that addresses the needs of both postgraduate students and nonspecialist researchers from various disciplines ranging from mathematical physics to observational astrophysics. Bridging the gap between standard textbook material in cosmology and the forefront of research, this book also constitutes a modern source of reference for the experienced researcher in classical and quantum cosmology.