soliton, 298, 300
extreme. 299. 300
spatial dimensions
number of. 264
spectral index. 220. 221
sphaleron. 124
strong. 135
washout condition. 13 I
static metric. 281. 282
stationary metric. 281
stationary solution. 282
string cosmology
ten-dimensional. 260
string frame. 295. 299
SU(5) GUT. 101
supergravity inflation. 227
D-term.232
superpotential. 51
supersymmetry algebra. 291
supersymmetry breaking. 57
supersymmetry charges. 300, 302
Index
313
surface gravity, 283, 286
symmetric phase, 48. 49
temperature discontinuities. 76
thermal inflation. 254
thermal production of gravitinos.
237
thermodynamics. 283
9-term, 152. 154
thin-wall approximation. 60. 61
topological defects, 65
tunnelling rate. 59.62. 122
type II supergravity. 293
effective action, 294
warp factor, 292, 300, 30 I
warped metric. 299
washout condition. 131
WIMP, 175
annihilation. 189. 192