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This volume is a complete and systematic monograph on inflationary cosmology and cosmological phase transitions. Dr. Linde, a primary developer of these theories, offers a thorough investigation of modern cosmology and its relation to elementary particle physics, including a large introductory section containing a complete discussion of inflationary cosmology for those not yet familiar with the theory.
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PARTICLE PHYSICS AND INFLATIONARY COSMOLOGY1
Andrei Linde Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305-4060, USA
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This is the LaTeX version of my book “Particle Physics and Inflationary Cosmology” (Harwood, Chur, Switzerland, 1990).
Contents Preface to the Series
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Introduction
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CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
Overview of Unified Theories of Elementary Particles and the Inflationary Universe Scenario 1.1 The scalar field and spontaneous symmetry breaking 1.2 Phase transitions in gauge theories 1.3 Hot universe theory 1.4 Some properties of the Friedmann models 1.5 Problems of the standard scenario 1.6 A sketch of the development of the inflationary universe scenario 1.7 The chaotic inflation scenario 1.8 The self-regenerating universe 1.9 Summary Scalar Field, Effective Potential, and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking 2.1 Classical and quantum scalar fields 2.2 Quantum corrections to the effective potential V(ϕ) 2.3 The 1/N expansion and the effective potential in the λϕ4 /N theory 2.4 The effective potential and quantum gravitational effects Restoration of Symmetry at High Temperature 3.1 Phase transitions in the simplest models with spontaneous symmetry breaking 3.2 Phase transitions in realistic theories of the weak, strong, and electromagnetic interactions 3.3 Higher-order perturbation theory and the infrared problem in the the