Early universe cosmology and tests of fundamental physics

Conference · Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:792226

Andreas Albrecht, Joshua A. Frieman and Mark Trodden

This is the report of the Working Group on Early Universe Cosmology and tests of Fundamental Physics, group P4.8 of the of the Snowmass 2001 conference. Here we summarize the impressive array of advances that have taken place in this field, and identify opportunities for even greater progress in the future. Topics include Dark Energy, Cosmic Acceleration, Inflation, Phase Transitions, Baryogenesis, and String/M-theory Cosmology. The introductory section gives an executive summary with six key open questions on which we can expect to make significant progress.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 792226
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-Conf-02/038-A; TRN: US0200747
• Resource Relation: Conference: Snowmass 2001 Conference, Snowmass, CO (US), 07/01/2001--07/21/2001; Other Information: PBD: 4 Mar 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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