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Introduction to superstring cosmology

✍ Scribed by C. Kounnas

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
121 KB
Volume
58
Category
Article
ISSN
0015-8208

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Abstract

This is a summary of lectures in superstring cosmology given by the author at the CORFU 2009 School and Workshops “Theory – Cosmology – Phenomenology”, Corfu Institute, Greece, Sept. 6.–13, 2009. These lectures are based on some recent developments and ideas, in the framework of superstring theory, concerning the evolution and structure of the universe in (i) the very early “non‐geometric” cosmological era, (ii) the intermediate “radiation‐like” era and (iii) the late time cosmological era characterized by the electroweak phase transition.

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