Classical and Quantum Cosmology

• Main Author: Calcagni, Gianluca (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Mathematical Physics.

This comprehensive textbook is devoted to classical and quantum cosmology, with particular emphasis on modern approaches to quantum gravity and string theory and on their observational imprint. It covers major challenges in theoretical physics such as the big bang and the cosmological constant probl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Hot big bang model
• Cosmological perturbations
• Cosmic microwave background
• Inflation
• Big bang problem
• Cosmological constant problem
• The problem of quantum gravity
• Canonical quantum gravity
• Canonical quantum cosmology
• Cosmology of quantum gravities
• String theory
• String cosmology
• Perspective.