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Inflationary Cosmology

By Andrei Linde (auth.) , Martin Lemoine , Jerome Martin , Patrick Peter (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2007
ISBN
9783540743521, 3540743529
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-74353-8
Open Library ID
OL16156363M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17585787 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 738
Edition
1
Pages
428\430
Time added
2010-04-25 21:59:20
Relativity and Cosmology;Physics beyond the Standa

Description

Some 25 years after the birth of inflationary cosmology this volume sets out to provide a both authoritative and pedagogical introduction and review of the state of the field. Cosmic inflation corresponds to an episode of accelerated expansion of the very early universe and solves nicely a collection of puzzles that had plagued standard cosmology so far. Different scenarios exist, though, and the reader will learn about the "ins" and "outs" as the subject and related issues are surveyed. With lectures written by eminent scientists in the field, many of them having made pioneering contributrions in the early hours of the field, Inflationary Cosmology addresses both senior and younger high-energy physicists, cosmologists and observational astrophysicists seeking both a readable account and reference in the field.

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