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Recovering the Inflationary Potential
ISBN-13: 9783639145939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 168 str.
Since its inception in 1981, inflation has emerged as the dominant paradigm for describing the physics of the early universe. While inflation has matured theoretically over two decades, it has only recently begun to be rigorously tested observationally. Measurements of the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure surveys have begun to unravel the mysteries of the inflationary epoch with exquisite and unprecedented accuracy. This work is a contribution to the effort of reconstructing the physics of inflation. This information is largely encoded in the potential energy function of the inflaton, the field that drives the inflationary expansion. With little theoretical guidance as to the probable form of this potential, reconstruction is a predominantly data-driven endeavor. This work presents an investigation and appraisal of the current constraints that can be imposed on different inflationary theories of the early universe.
Since its inception in 1981, inflation hasemerged as the dominant paradigm for describing thephysics of the early universe. While inflation hasmatured theoretically over two decades, it has onlyrecently begun to be rigorously testedobservationally. Measurements of the cosmicmicrowave background and large-scale structuresurveys have begun to unravel the mysteriesof the inflationary epoch with exquisite andunprecedented accuracy. This work is a contributionto the effort of reconstructing the physics ofinflation. This information is largely encoded inthe potential energy function of the inflaton, thefield that drives the inflationary expansion. Withlittle theoretical guidance as to the probable formof this potential, reconstruction is a predominantlydata-driven endeavor. This work presents aninvestigation and appraisal of the currentconstraints that can be imposed on differentinflationary theories of the early universe.
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