Inflationary cosmology
Nov, 200140 pages
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- Lect.Notes Phys. 592 (2002) 351-391
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- hep-ph/0111328 [hep-ph]
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- UT-STPD-3-01
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Abstract:
The big bang model and the history of the early universe according to the grand unified theories are introduced. The shortcomings of big bang are discussed together with their resolution by inflationary cosmology. Inflation, the subsequent oscillation and decay of the inflaton, and the resulting reheating of the universe are studied. The density perturbations produced by inflation and the temperature fluctuations of the cosmic background radiation are discussed. The hybrid inflationary model is described. Two natural extensions of this model which avoid the disaster encountered in its standard realization from the overproduction of monopoles are presented. Successful reheating satisfying the gravitino constraint takes place after the end of inflation in all three versions of hybrid inflation. Adequate baryogenesis via a primordial leptogenesis occurs consistently with the solar and atmospheric neutrino oscillation data. The primordial lepton asymmetry is turned partly into baryon asymmetry via the sphalerons which are summarized.- talk: Karlovassi 2001/09/21
- inflation
- inflaton: oscillation
- inflaton: decay
- density: perturbation
- temperature: fluctuation
- cosmic background radiation
- baryon: production
- lepton: production
- sphaleron
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