310
Index
co-annihilation tail, 185, 189
cold dark matter, 175
comoving wavelength, 210
conformal transformation, 280
cosmic microwave background
(CMBR),21
cosmic string, 69
dynamics of local strings, 76
energy density, 73
gravitational field, 74
local, 71
cosmological constant, 6, 8, 10-17,
174
and anthropic principle, 16-17
and supersymroetry, 15-16
evidence for, 12
scale-factor time dependence, 8
value of, 15
cosmological inflation, 195
Cowsik-McCleIland bound, 151
CP problem, 151-156
CP violation
in baryogenesis, 95
in electroweak theory, 127-129
critical density (Pc), 6, 7
critical temperature, 40
in a GUT, 49
D p-branes, 298, 300
and supersymroetry, 300
D-term,138
supergravity inflation, 232
damping, 206
dark energy, 11
dark matter, 173-174
cold, 175
detection. 187-192
supersymroetric, 174-192
deceleration parameter, 4, 13
decoupling, 24
Density perturbations
size of, 213
density perturbations. 210
deuterium bottleneck, 22
DFSZ axion, 159-161. 169
diffusion equations, 134
dilaton, 249, 294, 300, 301
as inflaton field, 259
decay, 253
Kiihler potential, 256
stabilization of, 255. 256
domain wall, 66
double images, 75
e-folds, 200. 20 I. 204, 205. 219,
232,236
Eddington-Finkelstein coordinate,
277
effective potential, 33
finite-temperature, 34, 38, 41
Einstein frame, 295
Einstein-Maxwell equations, 282.
293
ekpyrotic universe, 272
electroweak sphaleron rate,
126-127
energy conservation equation, 206
energy density (p), 33, 147
entropy
black hole, 281, 284, 288,303,
305
conservation of, 196
entropy density (s), 31, 33, 148
equation of state, 7
equilibrium number density, 147
Euclidean action, 121, 122
event horizon, 277, 280, 283, 292,
300.301
area, 278, 302
extreme black holes, 291-293
extreme Reissner-Nordstrom, 292
extreme soliton, 299, 300
extrinsic curvatire, 286
F-flat, 138
F-term,138
Fayet-IIiopoulos term, 233
flat directions, 137-138
Index
co-annihilation tail, 185, 189
cold dark matter, 175
comoving wavelength, 210
conformal transformation, 280
cosmic microwave background
(CMBR),21
cosmic string, 69
dynamics of local strings, 76
energy density, 73
gravitational field, 74
local, 71
cosmological constant, 6, 8, 10-17,
174
and anthropic principle, 16-17
and supersymroetry, 15-16
evidence for, 12
scale-factor time dependence, 8
value of, 15
cosmological inflation, 195
Cowsik-McCleIland bound, 151
CP problem, 151-156
CP violation
in baryogenesis, 95
in electroweak theory, 127-129
critical density (Pc), 6, 7
critical temperature, 40
in a GUT, 49
D p-branes, 298, 300
and supersymroetry, 300
D-term,138
supergravity inflation, 232
damping, 206
dark energy, 11
dark matter, 173-174
cold, 175
detection. 187-192
supersymroetric, 174-192
deceleration parameter, 4, 13
decoupling, 24
Density perturbations
size of, 213
density perturbations. 210
deuterium bottleneck, 22
DFSZ axion, 159-161. 169
diffusion equations, 134
dilaton, 249, 294, 300, 301
as inflaton field, 259
decay, 253
Kiihler potential, 256
stabilization of, 255. 256
domain wall, 66
double images, 75
e-folds, 200. 20 I. 204, 205. 219,
232,236
Eddington-Finkelstein coordinate,
277
effective potential, 33
finite-temperature, 34, 38, 41
Einstein frame, 295
Einstein-Maxwell equations, 282.
293
ekpyrotic universe, 272
electroweak sphaleron rate,
126-127
energy conservation equation, 206
energy density (p), 33, 147
entropy
black hole, 281, 284, 288,303,
305
conservation of, 196
entropy density (s), 31, 33, 148
equation of state, 7
equilibrium number density, 147
Euclidean action, 121, 122
event horizon, 277, 280, 283, 292,
300.301
area, 278, 302
extreme black holes, 291-293
extreme Reissner-Nordstrom, 292
extreme soliton, 299, 300
extrinsic curvatire, 286
F-flat, 138
F-term,138
Fayet-IIiopoulos term, 233
flat directions, 137-138