Inflation and Quantum Cosmology

by Andrei D. Linde and Robert Hans Brandenberger

Inflation and Quantum Cosmology discusses the inflationary universe scenario, including the problems of the standard big bang theory and the interplay between elementary-particle theory and cosmology. Inflationary universe models generate many different final perturbation spectra. For example, a model of an inflationary universe, through a casual mechanism, can predict energy density fluctuations leading to the formation of galaxies. The inflationary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0124501451
• ISBN13: 9780124501454
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.