Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime
Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2006
Edited by- Francis Bernardeau, Service de Physique Théorique, CEA-Saclay
- Christophe Grojean, Physics Department, Theory Unit, CERN, Switzerland and Service de Physique Théorique, CEA-Saclay
- Jean Dalibard, Ph.D., Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, Paris, France
This book is a collection of lectures given in August 2006 at the Les Houches Summer School on Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime. It provides a pedagogical introduction to the various aspects of both particle physics beyond the Standard Model and Cosmology of the Early Universe, covering each topic from the basics to the most recent developments.
Audience
Graduate students, researchers
Included in series
Les Houches
Les Houches
Hardbound, 590 Pages
Published: August 2007
Imprint: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-0-444-53007-3
Contents
- Chapter 1 - A. Buonanno: Gravitational WavesChapter 2 - J.M. Cline: BaryogenesisChapter 3 - J.M. Cline: String CosmologyChapter 4 - L. Kofman: Physics of the Early Universe and InflationChapter 5 - N. BArtolo, S. Matarrese, and A. Riotto: Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies up to Second OrderChapter 6 - H. Murayama: Physics beyond Standard ModelChapter 7 - W. Goldberger: Effective Field Theories and Gravitational RadiationChapter 8 - T. Hertog: Holographic CosmologyChapter 9 - S. Pastor: Neutrino Physics and CosmologyChapter 10 - S. Prunet: Cosmic Microwave Background: Observational StatusChapter 11 - R. Teyssier: Structure Formation with Numerical SimulationsChapter 12 - P. Tinyakov: Giving MAss to the Gravitation
