Particle cosmology comes of age
The application of modern ideas in particle physics to astrophysical and cosmological settings is a continuation of a fruitful tradition in astrophysics which began with the application of atomic physics, and then nuclear physics. In the past decade particle cosmology and particle astrophysics have been recognized as 'legitimate activities' by both particle physicists and astrophysicists and astronomers. During this time there has been a high level of theoretical activity producing much speculation about the earliest history of the Universe, as well as important and interesting astrophysical and cosmological constraints to particle physics theories. This period of intense theoretical activity has produced a number of ideas most worthy of careful consideration and scrutiny, and even more importantly, amenable to experimental/observational test. Among the ideas which are likely to be tested in the next decade are: the cosmological bound to the number of neutrino flavors, inflation, relic WIMPs as the dark matter, and MSW neutrino oscillations as a solution to the solar neutrino problems. 94 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Chicago Univ., IL (USA). Enrico Fermi Inst.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 5438221
- Report Number(s):
- FNAL/C-87/228-A; CONF-870797-13; ON: DE88006998; TRN: 88-013840
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International symposium on lepton and photon interactions at high energies, Hamburg, F.R. Germany, 27 Jul 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BOSONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
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