Cosmic Inflation: Background dynamics, Quantum fluctuations and Reheating
Swagat S. Mishra
TL;DR
This paper provides a pedagogical overview of inflationary cosmology, covering background dynamics, quantum fluctuation generation of primordial perturbations, and the reheating process after inflation.
Contribution
It offers a comprehensive introduction to key concepts in inflationary cosmology, emphasizing pedagogical clarity and foundational understanding.
Findings
Detailed explanation of scalar field dynamics during inflation
Description of quantum fluctuations leading to primordial seeds
Overview of reheating process post-inflation
Abstract
These lecture notes provide a pedagogical introduction to some aspects of the inflationary cosmology, including the background scalar field dynamics, generation of primordial seed perturbations via quantum fluctuations during inflation, and the process of reheating after inflation in the single-field inflationary paradigm.
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TopicsSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories · Atmospheric Ozone and Climate