Beyond the Standard Model of Cosmology
arXiv:astro-ph/0411153 · doi:10.1063/1.1848344
Abstract
Recent cosmological observations of unprecented accuracy, by WMAP in particular, have established a `Standard Model' of cosmology, just as LEP established the Standard Model of particle physics. Both Standard Models raise open questions whose answers are likely to be linked. The most fundamental problems in both particle physics and cosmology will be resolved only within a framework for Quantum Gravity, for which the only game in town is string theory. We discuss novel ways to model cosmological inflation and late acceleration in a non-critical string approach, and discuss possible astrophysical tests.
arXiv commentTo appear in "The New Cosmology", edited by R.E. Allen, D.V. Nanopoulos, and C.N. Pope (AIP Conference Proceedings, New York), 7 pages, 8 figures, uses aipproc.cls (included)
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