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Cosmological Higgs fields
J. W. van Holten
We present a time-dependent solution to the coupled Einstein-Higgs equations for general Higgs-type potentials in the context of flat FRW cosmological models. Possible implications…
Cosmic scalar fields with flat potential
J. W. van Holten
The dynamics of cosmic scalar fields with flat potential is studied. Their contribution to the expansion rate of the universe is analyzed, and their behaviour in a simple model of…
Aspects of BRST Quantization
J. W. van Holten
BRST-methods provide elegant and powerful tools for the construction and analysis of constrained systems, including models of particles, strings and fields. These lectures provide…
Worldine deviations and epicycles
J. W. van Holten
In general relativity, only relative acceleration has an observer-independend meaning: curvature and non-gravitational forces determine the rate at which world lines of test bodies…