S-inflation : a testable, minimal model of inflation and dark matter
This thesis describes work on inflationary cosmology, specifically in relation to observations. After reviewing the theory of inflation and dark matter, we introduce a model, 'S-infiation', in which a gauge singlet scalar S (with quartic self-coupling As) is both thermal relic dark matter...
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Lancaster University
2010
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557295 |