A simple, non-technical introduction to the pre-big bang scenario is given, emphasizing physical motivations, considerations, and consequences over formalism.
This is a contracted version of a series of lectures for graduate and undergraduate students
General relativity does not allow one to specify the topology of space, leaving the possibility that space is multi- rather than simply- connected. This paper reviews the mathematical properties of multi-connected spaces, and the different tools to classify them and to analyse their properties.
Learn about the origins of the universe and its fate. Einstein's Theory of Relativity is both interesting and comprehensible.
Preliminary introduction to General Relativity and its application to Cosmology. Also study of stringy matter as a part of the Universe.
Contains report of a seminar on a model cosmology with a preliminary introduction to General Relativity.
The big bang theory works better than ever. If only cosmologists could figure out that mysterious acceleration....
The following pages present a discussion of the role the cosmological constant plays in modern cosmology. They are designed to offer an overview of how the cosmological constant alters standard cosmology, and to discuss whether a non-zero cosmological constant exists today.
Recently two different groups have measured the apparent brightness of supernovae with redshifts near z = 1. Based on this data the old idea of a cosmological constant is making a comeback.
The aim of this set of lectures is a systematic presentation of a 1+3 covariant approach to studying the geometry, dynamics, and observational properties of relativistic cosmological models.
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