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The Universe before the Big Bang
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Terms such as "expanding Universe", "big bang", and "initial singularity", are
nowadays part of our common language. The idea that the Universe we observe
today originated from an enormous explosion (big bang) is now well known and
widely accepted, at all levels, in modern popular culture. But what happens to
the Universe before the big bang? And would it make any sense at all to ask such
a question? In fact, recent progress in theoretical physics, and in particular
in String Theory, suggests answers to the above questions, providing us with
mathematical tools able in principle to reconstruct the history of the Universe
even for times before the big bang.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. General Relativity and Standard Cosmology 19
3. String Theory, Duality, and the Primordial Universe 35
4. The Theory of Strings 53
5. Inflation and the Birth of the Universe 73
6. The Cosmological Background of Gravitational Radiation 93
7. Other Relics of the Primordial Universe 125
8. QuantumCosmology 143
9. The Future of our Universe 153
10. Recent Developments: Brane Cosmology Scenarios 171
11. Conclusion 193
References 199
Index 203
Product Details
* ISBN: 3540744193
* ISBN-13: 9783540744191
* Format: Hardcover, 208pp
* Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
* Pub. Date: September 2008
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