Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime
Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2006
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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.
Key Features
· Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics at the interface of particle physics and cosmology
· Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
· Provides necessary tools to build new theoretical models addressing various issues both in cosmology and particle physics
· Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts
· Faces the predictions of theoretical models against collider experimental data as well as from cosmological observations
· Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
· Provides necessary tools to build new theoretical models addressing various issues both in cosmology and particle physics
· Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts
· Faces the predictions of theoretical models against collider experimental data as well as from cosmological observations
Readership
Graduate students, researchers
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - A. Buonanno: Gravitational Waves
Chapter 2 - J.M. Cline: Baryogenesis
Chapter 3 - J.M. Cline: String Cosmology
Chapter 4 - L. Kofman: Physics of the Early Universe and Inflation
Chapter 5 - N. BArtolo, S. Matarrese, and A. Riotto: Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies up to Second Order
Chapter 6 - H. Murayama: Physics beyond Standard Model
Chapter 7 - W. Goldberger: Effective Field Theories and Gravitational Radiation
Chapter 8 - T. Hertog: Holographic Cosmology
Chapter 9 - S. Pastor: Neutrino Physics and Cosmology
Chapter 10 - S. Prunet: Cosmic Microwave Background: Observational Status
Chapter 11 - R. Teyssier: Structure Formation with Numerical Simulations
Chapter 12 - P. Tinyakov: Giving MAss to the Gravitation
Product details
- No. of pages: 590
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier Science 2007
- Published: August 1, 2007
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- eBook ISBN: 9780080550602
About the Series Volume Editors
Francis Bernardeau
Francis Bernardeau works in various domains of theoretical cosmology, from the physics of the early Universe of the study of its large-scale structure. His recent activities are centred on multiple-field inflationary models and gravitational cosmic shear observations.
Affiliations and Expertise
Service de Physique Théorique, CEA-Saclay
Christophe Grojean
Christophe Grojean has scientific interests that spread from astroparticle physics to the phenomenology of particle physics beyond the Standard Model.His recent activities are centred on models of electroweak symmetry breaking and their signatures.
Affiliations and Expertise
Physics Department, Theory Unit, CERN, Switzerland and Service de Physique Théorique, CEA-Saclay
Jean Dalibard
Jean Dalibard works in the field of atomic physics and quantum optics. His recent activities is centered on the physics of cold quantum gases, in particular Bose-Einstein condensation.
Affiliations and Expertise
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, Paris, France
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