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The Primordial Density Perturbation: Cosmology, Inflation and the Origin of Structure
David H. Lyth,Andrew R. Liddle +1 more
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The origin and evolution of the primordial perturbation is the key to understanding structure formation in the earliest stages of the universe as discussed by the authors, and it carries clues to the types of physical phenomena active in that extreme high-density environment.Abstract:
The origin and evolution of the primordial perturbation is the key to understanding structure formation in the earliest stages of the Universe It carries clues to the types of physical phenomena active in that extreme high-density environment Through its evolution, generating first the observed cosmic microwave background anisotropies and later the distribution of galaxies and dark matter in the Universe, it probes the properties and dynamics of the present Universe This graduate-level textbook gives a thorough account of theoretical cosmology and perturbations in the early Universe, describing their observational consequences and showing how to relate such observations to primordial physical processes, particularly cosmological inflation With ambitious observational programmes complementing ever-increasing sophistication in theoretical modelling, cosmological studies will remain at the cutting edge of astrophysical studies for the foreseeable futureread more
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Seven-year wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (wmap *) observations: cosmological interpretation
Eiichiro Komatsu,Kristine M. Smith,Jo Dunkley,Charles L. Bennett,B. Gold,Gary Hinshaw,Norman Jarosik,Davin Larson,M. R. Nolta,Lyman A. Page,David N. Spergel,Mark Halpern,Robert S. Hill,A. Kogut,Michele Limon,S. S. Meyer,N. Odegard,Gregory S. Tucker,Janet Weiland,Edward J. Wollack,Edward L. Wright +20 more
TL;DR: In this article, a combination of seven-year data from WMAP and improved astrophysical data rigorously tests the standard cosmological model and places new constraints on its basic parameters and extensions.
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Models of Wave-function Collapse, Underlying Theories, and Experimental Tests
TL;DR: In this article, a review is given of an experimentally falsifiable phenomenological proposal, known as continuous spontaneous collapse, which is a stochastic nonlinear modification of the Schrodinger equation.
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Inflation and String Theory
Daniel Baumann,Liam McAllister +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of cosmological inflation and its realization in quantum field theory and in string theory is presented, together with a discussion of the relationship between quantum fields and string theory.
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Nonperturbative Dynamics Of Reheating After Inflation: A Review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of the current understanding of the nonperturbative, nonlinear dynamics at the end of inflation, some salient features of realistic particle physics models of reheating, and how the universe reaches a thermal state before BBN.
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Seven-year wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (wmap *) observations: cosmological interpretation
Eiichiro Komatsu,Kristine M. Smith,Jo Dunkley,Charles L. Bennett,B. Gold,Gary Hinshaw,Norman Jarosik,Davin Larson,M. R. Nolta,Lyman A. Page,David N. Spergel,Mark Halpern,Robert S. Hill,A. Kogut,Michele Limon,S. S. Meyer,N. Odegard,Gregory S. Tucker,Janet Weiland,Edward J. Wollack,Edward L. Wright +20 more