Particle Physics and Inflationary Cosmology

1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-3-7186-0490-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

A monograph on inflationary cosmology and cosmological phase transitions, investigating modern cosmology's relationship to elementary particle physics. This work also includes a non-technical discussion of inflationary cosmology for those unfamiliar with the theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Linde, Andrei

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 Overview of Unified Theories of Elementary Particles and the Inflationary Universe Scenario 2 Scalar Field, Effective Potential, and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking 3 Restoration of Symmetry at High Temperature 4 Phase Transitions in Cold Superdense Matter 5 Tunneling Theory and the Decay of a Metastable Phase in a First-Order Phase Transition 6 Phase Transitions in a Hot Universe 7 General Principles of Inflationary Cosmology 8 The New Inflationary Universe Scenario 9 The Chaotic Inflation Scenario 10 Inflation and Quantum Cosmology Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Andrei Linde was educated at Moscow State University and the Lebedev Physical Institute. He has been at the forefront of the theoretical research in physics for nearly two decades. It has a recipient of the Lomonosov award of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and was a Morris Loeb Lecturer in Physics at Harvard University. Currently he is a Professor of Physics at Lebedev Physical Institute and a staff member of CERN, Geneva. Translated from Russian by Marc Damashek.