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Particle Physics and Cosmology : Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2006.
Title:
Particle Physics and Cosmology : Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2006.
Author:
Bernardeau, Francis.
ISBN:
9780080550602
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (591 pages)
Series:
Les Houches ; v.86

Les Houches
Contents:
Front cover -- Particle Physics and Cosmology: The Fabric of Spacetime -- Copyright page -- 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. Cosmic microwave background: observational status -- 1. Introduction -- 2. CMB temperature anisotropies: the ``early'' days -- 3. WMAP first release -- 4. Polarization of the CMB - discovery and first measurements -- 5. WMAP three year release -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Course 11. Structure formation with numerical simulations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The hierarchical scenario -- 3. Computational cosmology -- 4. Internal structure of dark matter haloes -- 5. The halo model -- 6. Galaxy formation physics -- 7. The Mare Nostrum simulation -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Course 12. Giving mass to the graviton -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical obstructions to massive gravity -- 3. Constructing the massive gravity models -- 4. Linear perturbations.

5. Some phenomenological implications -- 6. Summary and outlook -- References -- Part 3. Working Group Reports -- Chapter 1. Dark matter on the smallest scales -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The dark matter problem -- 3. Dark matter candidates -- 4. Small scale structure -- 5. Detectability and future work -- References -- Chapter 2. Scalar gravity: post-Newtonian corrections via an effectivefield theory approach -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Scalar gravity -- 3. NRGR -- 4. Einstein-Infeld-Hoffmann -- 5. Discussion - Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Dark Matter in minimal trinification -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trinification in a nutshell -- 3. A Dark Matter candidate -- 4. Conclusion and discussion -- References -- Chapter 4. Trans-Planckian physics from cosmology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Standard approach -- 3. Trans-Planckian behavior: non-linear dispersion relation -- References -- Chapter 5. A pedagogical primer on preheating -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Inflation and its end -- 3. A simple model of preheating -- 4. Gravitational fluctuations -- References -- Chapter 6. Braneworld graviton interactions in early universe phasetransitions -- 1. Braneworld cosmology -- 2. Brane inflation and the Electroweak phase transition -- 3. Gravitons -- References -- Part 4. Individual Seminars.
Abstract:
This book is a collection of lectures given in August 2006 at the Les Houches Summer School on "Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime”. It provides a pedagogical introduction to the various aspects of both particle physics beyond the Standard Model and Cosmology of the Early Universe, covering each topic from the basics to the most recent developments. · Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics at the interface of particle physics and cosmology · Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments · Provides necessary tools to build new theoretical models addressing various issues both in cosmology and particle physics · Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts · Faces the predictions of theoretical models against collider experimental data as well as from cosmological observations.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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