1st Edition

Physics of the Early Universe Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, Edinburgh, July 24 - August 11 1989

Edited By J.A Peacock, A.F Heavens, A.T Davies Copyright 1990
520 Pages
by CRC Press

520 Pages
by CRC Press

The last decade has witnessed a breathtaking expansion of ideas concerning the origin and evolution of the universe. Researchers in cosmology thus need an unprecedented wide background in diverse areas of physics. Bridging the gap that has developed, Physics of the Early Universe explains the foundations of this subject. This postgraduate-/research-level volume covers cosmology, gauge theories,... Read more
Physical Cosmology
Simon D.M. White

Basics of Gauge Theories
David Bailin

Particle Phenomenology: The Standard Model
C.H. Llewellyn Smith

Grand Unified Theories
John Iliopoulos

Stationary Universe Models and Cosmic Strings
Robert H. Brandenberger

Cosmological Perturbations
George Efstathiou

Supersymmetric Cosmology
John Ellis

Index

Biography

J.A Peacock, A.F Heavens, A.T Davies