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Inflation and String theory / Daniel Baumann and Liam McAllister.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge monographs on mathematical physicsPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Description: xxii, 371 p. : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781107089693
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 539.7258 23 B347
Contents:
1. Inflation: theory and observations; 2. Inflation in effective field theory; 3. Elements of string theory; 4. What is string inflation?; 5. Examples of string inflation; 6. Conclusions and outlook; Appendix A. Mathematical preliminaries; Appendix B. The effective theory of inflation; Appendix C. Primordial perturbations from inflation; References; Index.
Summary: This accessible volume provides a modern treatment of the cosmological and string-theoretic background necessary to understand inflation in string theory.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Inflation: theory and observations;
2. Inflation in effective field theory;
3. Elements of string theory;
4. What is string inflation?;
5. Examples of string inflation;
6. Conclusions and outlook;
Appendix A. Mathematical preliminaries;
Appendix B. The effective theory of inflation;
Appendix C. Primordial perturbations from inflation;
References;
Index.

This accessible volume provides a modern treatment of the cosmological and string-theoretic background necessary to understand inflation in string theory.

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