Particle physics and cosmology : the fabric of spacetime : Ecole d'ť ̌de Physique des Houches, session LXXXVI, 31 July-25 August 2006 : Ecole thm̌atique du CNRS /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Ecole d'ť ̌de physique thǒrique (Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France)
Otros Autores: Bernardeau, Francis, Grojean, Christophe, Dalibard, J.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Elsevier, ©2007.
Temas:
Particles (Nuclear physics) > Congresses.
Cosmology > Congresses.
Particules (Physique nucléaire) > Congrès.
Cosmologie > Congrès.
Cosmology
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Previous sessions
  • Organizers
  • Lecturers
  • Participants
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part 1. Long Lectures
  • Course 1. Gravitational waves
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Linearization of Einstein equations
  • 3. Interaction of gravitational waves with point particles
  • 4. Effective stress-energy tensor of gravitational waves
  • 5. Generation of gravitational waves
  • 6. Application to binary systems
  • 7. Other astrophysical sources
  • 8. Cosmological sources
  • References
  • Course 2. Baryogenesis
  • 1. Observational evidence for the BAU
  • 2. Sakharov's conditions for baryogenesis
  • 3. Example: GUT baryogenesis
  • 4. B and CP violation in the standard model
  • 5. Electroweak phase transition and electroweak baryogenesis
  • 6. A model of electroweak baryogenesis: 2HDM
  • 7. EWBG in the MSSM
  • 8. Other mechanisms; Leptogenesis
  • References
  • Course 3. String cosmology
  • 1. Dark energy
  • 2. Inflation
  • References
  • Course 4. Physics of the early universe and inflation
  • 1. Preamble
  • 2. Concise history of the early universe
  • 3. Inflation
  • 4. Global geometry
  • 5. Generation of fluctuations from inflation
  • 6. Preheating after inflation
  • References
  • Course 5. Cosmic microwave background anisotropies up to second order
  • 1. Preamble
  • 2. Introduction
  • 3. Perturbing gravity
  • 4. The collisionless Boltzmann equation for photons
  • 5. Collision term
  • 6. The Brightness equation
  • 7. The Boltzmann equation for baryons and cold dark matter
  • 8. Linear solution of the Boltzmann equations
  • 9. Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Einstein's equations
  • Appendix B. First-order solutions of Einstein's equations in various eras
  • References
  • Course 6. Physics beyond the standard model and dark matter
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Why beyond the standard model
  • 3. Examples of physics beyond the standard model
  • 4. Evidence for dark matter
  • 5. What dark matter is not
  • 6. WIMP dark matter
  • 7. Dark horse candidates
  • 8. Cosmic coincidence
  • 9. Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Gravitational lensing
  • References
  • Part 2. Short Topical Lectures
  • Course 7. Effective field theories and gravitational radiation
  • 1. Lecture I
  • 2. Lecture II
  • 3. Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Redundant operators
  • References
  • Course 8. Holographic cosmology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Framework
  • 3. Anti-de Sitter cosmologies
  • 4. Dual field theory evolution
  • 5. Discussion
  • References
  • Course 9. Neutrino physics and cosmology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The cosmic neutrino background
  • 3. Neutrinos and Primordial Nucleosynthesis
  • 4. Extra radiation and the effective number of neutrinos
  • 5. Massive neutrinos
  • 6. Effects of neutrino masses on cosmology
  • 7. Current bounds on neutrino masses
  • 8. Future sensitivities on neutrino masses from cosmology
  • 9. Conclusions
  • References
  • Course 10. Cos.

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