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Quantum field theory methods and inflationary universe models
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This paper reviews the theory of inflationary universe models, giving particular emphasis to the question of origin and growth of energy-density fluctuations in these new cosmologies. The first four sections constitute a pedagogical introduction to some of the important quantum field theory methods used in inflationary universe scenarios: calculation of the effective potential, finite-temperature quantum field theory, analysis of the decay of a metastable quantum state, and free field theory in curved space-time.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brandenberger, R. H.
- Venue
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1985-01-01
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-60
- ISSN
- 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2002313202
- Cited by
- 501
- References
- 24
- FWCI
- 77.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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