2003/12/18 by Jerome Martin · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph
published as Braz.J.Phys. 34 (2004) 1307-1321 · 15 pages, 5 figures, plenary talk given at the XXIV Brazilian National Meeting on Particles and Fields (Caxambu, Brazil, 30 Sep - 4 Oct 2003)
arxiv created 2003/12/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
A brief review of inflation is presented. After having demonstrated the generality of the inflationary mechanism, the emphasize is put on its simplest realization, namely the single field slow-roll inflationary scenario. Then, it is shown how, concretely, one can calculate the predictions of a given model of inflation. Finally, a short overview of the most popular models is given and the implications of the recently released WMAP data are briefly (and partially) discussed.