Title Dark Energy and the Formation of the Large Scale Structure of the Universe Author(s) Gleyzes, J??r??me Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. Description XV, 113 p. 19 illus : online resource Abstract Note 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 ISBN,Price 9783319412108 Keyword(s) 1. COSMOLOGY 2. EBOOK 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. Quantum Field Theories, String Theory 5. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY 6. STRING THEORY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I09835     On Shelf