Elements of String Cosmology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780521868754
Subjects: Astrophysics; Cosmology & the universe; Statistical physics; Cosmology; Mathematical Physics; Science / Mathematical Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics
Description: "This book contains a pedagogical introduction to the basic notions of string theory and cosmology. It describes the new 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 with the more conventional models of inflation." "The first book dedicated to string cosmology, it summarizes over 15 years of research in this field and introduces current advances. The book 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."--book jacket.