Particle physics and inflationary cosmology / Andrei Linde.
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TextSeries: Contemporary concepts in physics ; v 5.Publication details: Switzerland : Harwood Academic Publishers, 1990.Description: xvii, 362 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 9783718604906 (pbk.)
- 523.1 23 L743
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 --
References --
Subject index.
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.
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