Introductory review of cosmic inflation
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
These lecture notes provide an introduction to cosmic inflation. In particular I will review the basic concepts of inflation, generation of density perturbations, and reheating after inflation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0304257,
title = {Introductory review of cosmic inflation},
author = {Shinji Tsujikawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0304257},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
25 pages, 5 eps figures, lecture notes given at The Second Tah Poe School on Cosmology "Modern Cosmology", Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, April 17 -25, 2003