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Index
in GUTs, 85
topological quantum number, 83
matter domination, 7
scale-factor time dependence, 8
temperature time dependence, 19
microstates, 289-291, 303-305
misalignment, 165, 168
moduli,249
as infiatons, 259
Kiihler potential, 256
momentum, 302
~SS~, 175, 179-181
mSUGRA model, 181
neutralino, 181
annihilation, 183, 184
elastic scattering, 188, 189
neutrino decoupling, 150
neutrino temperature, 150
new inflation, 201
Newman-Penrose equations, 279
NS-NS
electric charge, 297
NS-NS sector, 294, 295
nucleosynthesis
starting time, 26
null hyperswface, 277
number of spatial dimensions, 264
observable sector, 238
old inflation, 199
p-brane, 297
electric charge, 297
particle horizon (dH). 2-3, 86, 196,
200
partition function, 30, 31, 286, 287
Peccei-Quinn symmetry, 154
perturbative microstates, 289
phase transitions
first order, 43,47,51,59
in a GUT ,49
in electroweak baryogenesis,
129-132
in electroweak theory, 45
in the Higgs model, 36, 37, 41
Planck mass, 6
reduced, 6, 56
Polonyi problem, 238
Pontryagin index, 152
power spectrum, 221
PQ charge, 155
pre-big-bang cosmology, 269
preheating, 207
pressure, 33, 147
R-R
electric charge, 297-298,300
R-R sector, 294, 295
R-parity, 139, 179
radiation domination, 7, 8
scale-factor time dependence, 8
temperature time dependence, 18
transition from, 19-21
recombination, 21
redshift, 3, 4
reheating, 206, 231
reheating temperature, 207, 237
Reissner-Nordstrom black hole,
282,300
extreme, 292
five-dimensional, 293
relic abundance
axions, 163-165
relic neutrinos, 150-151, 172
Robertson-Walker metric, 2-5
running coupling constants, 54
Sakharov criteria, 94-96, 127, 139
scale-independent spectrum, 221
Schwarzchild metric
action,287
Schwarzchild solution, 285
Scwarzchild solution, 276, 282
slow roll, 20 I
conditions for, 204
Smarr's formula, 283, 288
S0(10) GUT, 110
Index
in GUTs, 85
topological quantum number, 83
matter domination, 7
scale-factor time dependence, 8
temperature time dependence, 19
microstates, 289-291, 303-305
misalignment, 165, 168
moduli,249
as infiatons, 259
Kiihler potential, 256
momentum, 302
~SS~, 175, 179-181
mSUGRA model, 181
neutralino, 181
annihilation, 183, 184
elastic scattering, 188, 189
neutrino decoupling, 150
neutrino temperature, 150
new inflation, 201
Newman-Penrose equations, 279
NS-NS
electric charge, 297
NS-NS sector, 294, 295
nucleosynthesis
starting time, 26
null hyperswface, 277
number of spatial dimensions, 264
observable sector, 238
old inflation, 199
p-brane, 297
electric charge, 297
particle horizon (dH). 2-3, 86, 196,
200
partition function, 30, 31, 286, 287
Peccei-Quinn symmetry, 154
perturbative microstates, 289
phase transitions
first order, 43,47,51,59
in a GUT ,49
in electroweak baryogenesis,
129-132
in electroweak theory, 45
in the Higgs model, 36, 37, 41
Planck mass, 6
reduced, 6, 56
Polonyi problem, 238
Pontryagin index, 152
power spectrum, 221
PQ charge, 155
pre-big-bang cosmology, 269
preheating, 207
pressure, 33, 147
R-R
electric charge, 297-298,300
R-R sector, 294, 295
R-parity, 139, 179
radiation domination, 7, 8
scale-factor time dependence, 8
temperature time dependence, 18
transition from, 19-21
recombination, 21
redshift, 3, 4
reheating, 206, 231
reheating temperature, 207, 237
Reissner-Nordstrom black hole,
282,300
extreme, 292
five-dimensional, 293
relic abundance
axions, 163-165
relic neutrinos, 150-151, 172
Robertson-Walker metric, 2-5
running coupling constants, 54
Sakharov criteria, 94-96, 127, 139
scale-independent spectrum, 221
Schwarzchild metric
action,287
Schwarzchild solution, 285
Scwarzchild solution, 276, 282
slow roll, 20 I
conditions for, 204
Smarr's formula, 283, 288
S0(10) GUT, 110