Particle physics and inflationary cosmology / by Andrei Linde ; translated from the Russian by Marc Damashek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linde, A. D.

Contributor:

Damashek, Marc.

Series:

Contemporary concepts in physics, 0272-2488 ; v. 5

Standardized Title:

Fizika ėlementarnykh chastit︠s︡ i infli︠a︡t︠s︡ionnai︠a︡ kosmologii︠a︡. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Astrophysics.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Inflationary universe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 362 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, ©1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A monograph on inflationary cosmology and cosmological phase transitions, investigating modern cosmology's relationship to elementary particle physics. This work also includes a non-technical discussion of inflationary cosmology for those unfamiliar with the theory.

Contents:

Overview of unified theories of elementary particles and the inflationary universe scenario

Scalar field, effective potential, and spontaneous symmetry breaking

Restoration of symmetry at high temperature

Phase transitions in cold superdense matter

Tunneling theory and the decay of a metastable phase in a first-order phase transition

Phase transitions in a hot universe

General principles of inflationary cosmology

The new inflationary universe scenario

The chaotic inflation scenario

Inflation and quantum cosmology.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-354) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-367-80778-5

1-138-40637-6

1-4822-9677-2

9786610071678

1-280-07167-2

0-203-56553-3

9780367807788

OCLC:

893977434