TY  - BOOK
AU  - Linde,Andrei
TI  - Particle physics and inflationary cosmology
T2  - Contemporary concepts in physics
SN  - 9783718604906 (pbk.)
U1  - 523.1 23
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Switzerland
PB  - Harwood Academic Publishers
KW  - Inflationary universe
KW  - Astrophysics
KW  - Particles (Nuclear physics)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -