Phenomenological Aspects of the Pre-Big-Bang Scenario in String Cosmology

Abstract

I review various aspects of the pre-big-bang scenario and of its main open problems, with emphasis on the role played by the dilaton. Since the dilaton is a compelling consequence of string theory, tests of this scenario are direct tests of string theory and also, more generally, of Planck scale physics.

30 pages, plain tex, figures available on request, DFTT-24/94

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• Dilaton Production in String Cosmology

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