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Dark Energy and the Formation of the Large Scale Structure of the Universe

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Authors:
  1. Jérôme Gleyzes

    1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA, USA

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Institute for Theoretical Physics-CEA Saclay, France
  • Introduces and explains the current exciting quest to understand the nature of cosmic inflation and accelerated expansion of the universe
  • Presents a comprehensive pedagogical summary of theoretical cosmology
  • Links to observable quantities are discussed in each chapter in a manner accessible to a wide readership
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Jérôme Gleyzes
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Effective Field Theory of Dark Energy

    • Jérôme Gleyzes
    Pages 21-51

  4. Beyond Horndeski

    • Jérôme Gleyzes
    Pages 53-70

  5. Predictions for Primordial Tensor Modes

    • Jérôme Gleyzes
    Pages 71-83

  6. Consistency Relations of the Large Scale Structure

    • Jérôme Gleyzes
    Pages 85-106

  7. Conclusion

    • Jérôme Gleyzes
    Pages 107-110

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 111-113
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About this book

This thesis presents several significant new results that shed light on two major puzzles of modern cosmology: the nature of inflation, the very early phase of the universe that is thought to have given rise to the large-scale structures that we observe today; and that of the current accelerated expansion. In particular, it develops a clean method for characterizing linear cosmological perturbations for general theories where gravity is modified and/or affected by a new component, called dark energy, responsible for the accelerated expansion. It proposes a new extension to what were long thought to be the most general scalar field theories devoid of instabilities, and demonstrates the robustness of the relation between the energy scale of inflation and the predicted amplitude of gravitational waves. Finally, it consolidates a set of consistency relations between correlation functions of the cosmological density field and investigates the phenomenological consequences of their potential violation. Presented in a clear, succinct and rigorous style, each of these original results is both profound and important and will leave a deep mark on the field.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA, USA

    Jérôme Gleyzes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dark Energy and the Formation of the Large Scale Structure of the Universe

  • Authors: Jérôme Gleyzes

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41210-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41209-2Published: 05 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82295-2Published: 07 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41210-8Published: 28 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 113

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cosmology, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

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