Challenges for String Gas Cosmology
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In spite of the phenomenological successes of the inflationary universe scenario, the current realizations of inflation making use of scalar fields lead to serious conceptual problems which are reviewed in this lecture. String theory may provide an avenue towards addressing these problems. One particular approach to combining string theory and cosmology is String Gas Cosmology. The basic principles of this approach are summarized.
10 pages, 1 figure to appear in the proceedings of the 59th Yamada Conference "Inflating Horizon of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology" (Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, June 20 - 24, 2005) (one reference updated)
10 pages, 1 figure to appear in the proceedings of the 59th Yamada Conference "Inflating Horizon of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology" (Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, June 20 - 24, 2005) (one reference updated)