Looking Beyond Inflationary Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-11 v2 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
In spite of the phenomenological successes of the inflationary universe scenario, the current realizations of inflation making use of scalar fields lead to serious conceptual problems which are reviewed in this lecture. String theory may provide an avenue towards addressing these problems. One particular approach to combining string theory and cosmology is String Gas Cosmology. The basic principles of this approach are summarized.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0509076,
title = {Looking Beyond Inflationary Cosmology},
author = {Robert H. Brandenberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0509076},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
invited talk at "Theory Canada 1" (Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 2 - 4, 2005) (references updated)