The Quantum Origin of Cosmic Structure

2010/11/11 by Karim A. Malik, Malik, Karim A.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1011.2667

Plenary talk presented at the 22nd Rencontres de Blois "Particle Physics and Cosmology", 15th - 20th July, 2010, 8 pages, 1 figure

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Abstract

In this concise, albeit subjective review of structure formation, I shall introduce the cosmological standard model and its theoretical and observational underpinnings. I will focus on recent results and current issues in theoretical cosmology, in particular in cosmological perturbation theory and its applications.

Citations

• The cosmological gravitational wave background from primordial density perturbations
• Non-Gaussian features of primordial fluctuations in single field inflationary models
• Non-Gaussianity from Inflation: Theory and Observations
• Cosmological perturbations

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