On the Quantum Origin of Structure in the Inflationary Universe

Abstract

In this lecture I give a pedagogical introduction to inflationary cosmology with a special focus on the quantum generation of cosmological perturbations.

29 pages; pedagogical lecture notes

References in corpus (3)

• Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Three Year Results: Implications for Cosmology
• String Cosmology: A Review
• A Microscopic Limit on Gravitational Waves from D-brane Inflation