2008/08/05 by Robert Brandenberger, Robert H. Brandenberger, Brandenberger, Robert H.
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0808.0746
35 pages, 6 figures, draft of a contribution to a book on string cosmology edited by J. Erdmenger, comments welcome
arxiv created 2008/08/05 · openalex publication_date 2008/08/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
String gas cosmology is a string theory-based approach to early universe cosmology which is based on making use of robust features of string theory such as the existence of new states and new symmetries. A first goal of string gas cosmology is to understand how string theory can effect the earliest moments of cosmology before the effective field theory approach which underlies standard and inflationary cosmology becomes valid. String gas cosmology may also provide an alternative to the current standard paradigm of cosmology, the inflationary universe scenario. Here, the current status of string gas cosmology is reviewed.