TASI Lectures: Cosmology for String Theorists
arXiv:hep-th/0011110 · doi:10.1142/9789812799630_0004
Abstract
These notes provide a brief introduction to modern cosmology, focusing primarily on theoretical issues. Some attention is paid to aspects of potential interest to students of string theory, on both sides of the two-way street of cosmological constraints on string theory and stringy contributions to cosmology. Slightly updated version of lectures at the 1999 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
56 pages, 3 figures; Lectures at TASI-99. Now with table of contents, not to mention new references
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- An Alternative to Compactification
- Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity
- The Case for a Positive Cosmological Lambda-term
- MAXIMA-1: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy on angular scales of 10 arcminutes to 5 degrees
- Non-conventional cosmology from a brane-universe
- Superstring Cosmology
- Probable Values of the Cosmological Constant in a Holographic Theory
- Holography in General Space-times
- A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the CMB from l = 100 to 400
- Inflation and Eternal Inflation
- The baryon content of the Universe
- Cosmological Constraints on Theories with Large Extra Dimensions
- Proof of Classical Versions of the Bousso Entropy Bound and of the Generalized Second Law
- Gravitino Production After Inflation
- A measurement of Omega from the North American test flight of BOOMERANG
- Thermal and Non-Thermal Production of Gravitinos in the Early Universe
- The Cosmic Microwave Background and Particle Physics
- Determination of Cosmological Parameters
- Towards a Solution of the Moduli Problems of String Cosmology
- Reheating and dangerous relics in pre-big bang string cosmology
- Remarks on M Theoretic Cosmology
- The Cosmic Microwave Background: State of the Art
- TASI Lectures on M Theory Phenomenology
- Curvature Dependence of Peaks in the Cosmic Microwave Background Distribution
- M Theory and Cosmology
- Holographic Vacuum Energy
- Why Cosmologists Believe the Universe is Accelerating
- Introduction to Cosmology
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- Ultra-Light Dark Matter
- Lectures on string/brane cosmology
- Testing the running of the cosmological constant with Type Ia Supernovae at high z
- TASI/PiTP/ISS Lectures on Moduli and Microphysics
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- Inflation from Geometrical Tachyons
- TASI Lectures: Introduction to Cosmology
- Of Bounces, Branes and Bounds
- Qualitative analysis and characterization of two cosmologies including scalar fields
- Big Bangs and Bounces on the Brane
- Modelling Cosmic Springs with Finsler and Generalised Finsler Geometries