Inflationary Cosmology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lemoine, Martin (Editor), Martin, Jerome (Editor), Peter, Patrick (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 738
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Gravitation.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.

Some 25 years after the birth of inflationary cosmology this volume sets out to provide a both authoritative and pedagogical introduction and review of the state of the field. Cosmic inflation corresponds to an episode of accelerated expansion of the very early universe and solves nicely a collectio...