String Cosmology: Basic Ideas and General Results
Abstract
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After recalling a few basic concepts from cosmology and string theory, I will outline the main ideas/assumptions underlying (our own group's approach to) string cosmology and show how these lead to the definition of a two-parameter family of ``minimal" models. I will then briefly explain how to compute, in terms of those parameters, the spectrum of scalar, tensor and electromagnetic perturbations, and mention their most relevant physical consequences. More details on the latter part of this talk can be found in Maurizio Gasperini's contribution to these proceedings.
Latex file + 3 figures. Talk presented at the 3rd Colloque Cosmologie, Paris, 7-9 June 95
Latex file + 3 figures. Talk presented at the 3rd Colloque Cosmologie, Paris, 7-9 June 95