Particle Cosmology: 1980-2000
Abstract
A new field, \emph{Particle Cosmology}, emerged at the interface of elementary particle physics and cosmology in the last two decades of the 20th century. In this chapter of the \emph{Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics, the Standard Model and Beyond} I will review the development of Particle Cosmology in the period 1980-2000 centered on two events: a conference, \emph{Inner-Space/Outer-Space} held at Fermilab in May 1984 \cite{kolb1986innerspace} and the 1994 Snowmass Summer Study \emph{Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics in the Next Millennium} \cite{kolb1995particle}.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.06811,
title = {Particle Cosmology: 1980-2000},
author = {Edward W. Kolb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.06811},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
19 pages, contribution to the Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics, the Standard Model and Beyond, held at CERN 10-13 November 2005