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
Author(s): Francis Bernardeau, Christophe Grojean and Jean Dalibard (Eds.)
Series: Les Houches 86
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 1-558
Content:
Organizers
Pages viii-x
Lecturers
Pages xi-xii
Participants
Pages xiii-xvi
Preface
Pages xvii-xxii
F. Bernardeau, C. Grojean, J. Dalibard
Course 1 Gravitational waves Original Research Article
Pages 3-52
Alessandra Buonanno
Course 2 Baryogenesis Original Research Article
Pages 53-116
James M. Cline
Course 3 String cosmology Original Research Article
Pages 117-163
James M. Cline
Course 4 Physics of the early universe and inflation Original Research Article
Pages 165-232
Lev Kofman
Course 5 Cosmic microwave background anisotropies up to second order Original Research Article
Pages 233-285
N. Bartolo, S. Matarrese, A. Riotto
Course 6 Physics beyond the standard model and dark matter Original Research Article
Pages 287-347
Hitoshi Murayama
Course 7 Effective field theories and gravitational radiation Original Research Article
Pages 351-396
Walter D. Goldberger
Course 8 Holographic cosmology Original Research Article
Pages 397-410
Thomas Hertog
Course 9 Neutrino physics and cosmology Original Research Article
Pages 411-436
Sergio Pastor
Course 10 Cosmic microwave background: Observational status Original Research Article
Pages 437-452
S. Prunet
Course 11 Structure formation with numerical simulations Original Research Article
Pages 453-470
R. Teyssier
Course 12 Giving mass to the graviton Original Research Article
Pages 471-499
P. Tinyakov
Dark matter on the smallest scales Original Research Article
Pages 503-509
E.R. Siegel, G. D'Amico, E. Di Napoli, L. Fu, M.P. Hertzberg, N.T.T. Huong, F. Palorini, A. Sellerholm
Scalar gravity: Post-newtonian corrections via an effective field theory approach Original Research Article
Pages 511-516
Rafael A. Porto, Riccardo Sturani
Dark matter in minimal trinification Original Research Article
Pages 517-524
E. Di Napoli, D. George, M. Hertzberg, F. Metzler, E. Siegel
Trans-planckian physics from cosmology Original Research Article
Pages 525-529
S.E. Jorás, G. Marozzi, R. Ansari
A pedagogical primer on preheating Original Research Article
Pages 531-535
M.A. Amin, A. Brown, A.D. Chambers, S.E. Jorás, A. Kumar, F. Metzler, J. Pritchard, N. Sivanandam
Braneworld graviton interactions in early universe phase transitions Original Research Article
Pages 537-541
R.U.H. Ansari, C. Delaunay, R. Gwyn, A. Knauf, A. Sellerholm, N.R. Shah, F.R. Urban
Individual Seminar
Pages 543-558
