Inflation and String Theory

DOI10.1017/CBO9781316105733zbMath1339.83003arXiv1404.2601MaRDI QIDQ5179522

Publication date: 20 March 2015

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.2601

cohomology string theory effective field theory Calabi-Yau geometry quantum theory of gravity cosmological inflation cosmological observations primordial perturbations Dirac-Born-Infeld inflation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Calabi-Yau theory (complex-analytic aspects) (32Q25) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures (53B35) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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