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Particle Physics in the Early Universe
Edward W. Kolb
Two introductory lectures on inflation and dark matter presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Techniques and Concepts of High-Energy Physics.
Production of massive particles during reheating
Daniel J. H. Chung, Edward W. Kolb, Antonio Riotto
What is commonly called the reheat temperature, , is not the maximum temperature obtained after inflation. The maximum temperature is, in fact, much larger than . A…
Nonthermal Supermassive Dark Matter
Daniel J. H. Chung, Edward W. Kolb, Antonio Riotto
We discuss several cosmological production mechanisms for nonthermal supermassive dark matter and argue that dark matter may be elementary particles of mass much greater than the w…
Cosmic Microwave Background Observations as a Way to Discriminate Among Inflation Models
William H. Kinney, Scott Dodelson, Edward W. Kolb
The upcoming satellite missions MAP and Planck will measure the spectrum of fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background with unprecedented accuracy. We discuss the prospect of…
On the reliability of inflaton potential reconstruction
Edmund J. Copeland, Ian J. Grivell, Edward W. Kolb +1
If primordial scalar and tensor perturbation spectra can be inferred from observations of the cosmic background radiation and large-scale structure, then one might hope to reconstr…