The Universe Before the Big Bang Cosmology and String Theory /

• Main Author: Gasperini, Maurizio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Astronomers’ Universe,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Popular works.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Popular Science, general.

Terms such as "expanding Universe", "big bang", and "initial singularity", are nowadays part of our common language. The idea that the Universe we observe today originated from an enormous explosion (big bang) is now well known and widely accepted, at all levels, in mod...

Table of Contents:

• General Relativity and Standard Cosmology
• String Theory, Duality, And The Primordial Universe
• The Theory of Strings
• Inflation and the Birth of the Universe
• The Cosmological Background of Gravitational Radiation
• Other Relics of the Primordial Universe
• Quantum Cosmology
• The Future of our Universe
• Recent Developments: Brane Cosmology Scenarios
• Conclusion.