Ebook: Inflation and Quantum Cosmology

Front Cover; Inflation and Quantum Cosmology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; CHAPTER 1. PARTICLE PHYSICS AND INFLATIONARY COSMOLOGY; 1. The Universe as Accelerator; 2. Problems of the Standard Theory; 3. The Inflationary Paradigm; 4. Chaotic Inflation; 5. Initial Conditions; 6. Quantum Fluctuations; 7. Eternal Inflation; 8. Mutation; 9. Cosmology and Particle Physics; Chapter 1: References; CHAPTER 2. GENERATION OF DENSITY PERTURBATIONS IN INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE ; 1. Introduction; 2. Inflation; 3. Scalar Field Fluctuations in the Inflationary Universe.;Inflation and Quantum Cosmology discusses the inflationary universe scenario, including the problems of the standard big bang theory and the interplay between elementary-particle theory and cosmology. Inflationary universe models generate many different final perturbation spectra. For example, a model of an inflationary universe, through a casual mechanism, can predict energy density fluctuations leading to the formation of galaxies. The inflationary universe scenario makes possible simultaneous solutions to ten problems related to cosmology and elementary particle physics. One problem concern.