Effective theories in cosmology

Authors	S.J.N. Mooij
Supervisors	E.L.M.P. Laenen
Cosupervisors	M.E.J. Postma
Award date	24-09-2013
Number of pages	191
Organisations	Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Title pages Contents 1: Cosmology and inflation 2: Effective field theory and the in-in formalism 3: Effective action for the U(1) Abelian Higgs model 4: Extension to FLRW 5: Sgoldstino inflation 6: Gauge field production and non-Gaussianity 7: Moduli stabilisation Outlook A: Mode functions for the time dependent scalar field B: Abelian Higgs model C: Vector loops D: Action for Abelian Higgs model in FLRW E: Small spectral index for inflection point inflation F: Effects of gauge field production in the CMB G: Sugra Coleman-Weinberg potential Bibliography Summary Samenvatting Acknowledgments
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