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Quantum Cosmology - The Supersymmetric Perspective - Vol. 2

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Authors:
  1. Paulo Vargas Moniz

    1. Depto. Fisica, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

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  • This two-volume work treats what we know, what we think we now and what we think we do not know on an equal footing, as much as possible. It teaches to ask the right questions rather than to expect to find some definitive answers.
  • Problems and Solutions are provided for each chapter.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 804)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 3-10

  3. Further Essentials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. ‘Observational’ Quantum Cosmology

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 13-33

    3. Additional SUSY and SUGRA Issues

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 35-60

    4. Semiclassical N=1 Supergravity

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 61-83

  4. Complementary Frameworks in SQC

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Further Explorations in SQC N = 1 SUGRA

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 87-109

    3. Connections and Loops Within SQC

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 111-126

    4. SQC Matrix Representation

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 127-161

    5. N = 2 (Local) Conformal Supersymmetry

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 163-188

  5. More Points of Departure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. More Obstacles and Results: From QC to SQC

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 191-196

    3. More Routes Beyond the Borders

      • Paulo Vargas Moniz
      Pages 197-206

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 208-283
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About this book

We read in order to know we are not alone, I once heard, and perhaps it could also be suggested that we write in order not to be alone, to endorse, to promote continuity. The idea for this book took about 10 years to materialize, and it is the author’s hope that its content will constitute the beginning of further explorations beyond current horizons. More speci cally, this book appeals to the reader to engage upon and persevere with a journey, moving through the less well explored territories in the evolution of the very early universe, and pushing towards new landscapes. P- haps, during or after consulting this book, this attitude and this willingness will be embraced by someone, somewhere, and this person will go on to enrich our quantum cosmological description of the early universe, by means of a clearer supersymm- ric perspective. It is to these creative and inquisitive ‘young minds’ that the book is addressed. The reader will not therefore nd in this book all the answers to all the problems regarding a supersymmetric and quantum description of the early universe, and this remark is substantiated in the book by a list of unresolved and challenging problems, itself incomplete.

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  • Depto. Fisica, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Paulo Vargas Moniz

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