Cosmological inflation and the primordial power spectrum

In this thesis, we discuss two important aspects of cosmological inflation, which is a prominent part of modern cosmology. === Since inflation typically occurs at ultrahigh energy scales, string theory is a popular framework to achieve inflation. We investigate the fine-tuning problem in string theo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoi, Loison
Other Authors: James M Cline (Internal/Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2010
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=92301