Studies of inflation and dark energy with coupled scalar fields

Currently there is no definitive description for the accelerated expansion of the Universe at both early and late times; we know these two periods as the epochs of inflation and dark energy. Contained within this Thesis are two studies of inflation and one in the context of dark energy. The first st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vu, Susan
Other Authors: van de Bruck, C.
Published: University of Sheffield 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631446