Index
311
flatness problem. 197. 200
focus-point region. 185
form fields. 294. 296-298
free energy density (71. 31. 32
of ultrarelativistic gas. 33
freeze-out. 23. 24. 150
frictional term. 203
Friedman-Robertson-Walker
(FRW).6
Friedmann equation. 6, 8
funnel. 185
gauge kinetic function. 57
graceful exit, 201
grand unified theory (GUT)
magnetic monopoles. 85
phase transition. 49
gravitino problem. 177-179
gravitinos
density of. 237
mass. 177
mass of. 251
thermal production of. 237
GUT axion. 159
GUT baryogenesis. 99-114
hadronic axion. 159
Hagedorn region. 263
harmonic function. 292. 293. 299.
302
sum rule. 30 I
helium abundance. 26
hidden sector. 238
Higgs model. 36
Hodge dual. 296
holographic principle. 288
horizon, 210
horizon problem. 195, 199
hybrid inflation. 220
in supergravity. 234
imaginary time. 121
inflation
and axion abundance. 167
chaotic. 217
D-brane. 265
e-folds of. 200. 201. 204. 205,
219
graceful exit from. 20 I
hybrid. 220
new. 201
old. 199
oscillatory period. 207
reheating. 206. 231
reheating temperature. 207
slow roll. 201
supergravity. 227
thermal. 254
inflationary potential
energy scale of. 213
inflaton. 202
moduli field as, 259
inflaton field. 206
complex. 216
fluctuations. 208
operator, 208
information problem. 288
instanton. 152
Kabler potential (K), 56. 233
for moduli fields. 256
Kalb-Ramond field. 294. 297
Kerr-Newman metric. 282
action. 287
Kibble mechanism. 68
Killing vector. 281
kink soliton. 68
Kruskal coordinates. 285
KSVZaxion.159.161.169
light-cone coordinates. 280
luminosity distance. 12
luminous matter. 173
magnetic flux. 72
magnetic monopoles, 80
abundance of, 86
energy of. 81