Overview

We read in order to know we are not alone, I once heard, and perhaps it could also be suggested that we write in order not to be alone, to endorse, to promote continuity. The idea for this book took about ten years to materialize, and it is the author’s hope that its content will constitute the beginning of further explorations beyond current horizons. More speci cally, this book appeals to the reader to engage upon and persevere with a journey, moving through the less well explored territories in the evolution of the very early universe, and pushing towards new landscapes. P- haps, during or after consulting this book, this attitude and this willingness will be embraced by someone, somewhere, and this person will go on to enrich our quantum cosmological description of the early universe, by means of a clearer supersymm- ric perspective. It is to these creative and inquisitive ‘young minds’ that the book is addressed. The reader will not therefore nd in this book all the answers to all the problems regarding a supersymmetric and quantum description of the early universe, and this remark is substantiated in the book by a list of unresolved and challenging problems, itself incomplete.

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Author:   Paulo Vargas Moniz
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2010
Volume:   803
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.140kg
ISBN:  

9783642115745

ISBN 10:   3642115748
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   03 June 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Overview.- A Review of Essentials.- A Survey of Quantum Cosmology.- A Summary of Supersymmetry and Supergravity.- Canonical Quantization of N = 1 Supergravity.- Supersymmetric Quantum Cosmology.- SQC N=1 SUGRA (Fermionic Differential Operator Representation) Supersymmetric quantum cosmology (SQC) SQC String duality!N=1 SUGRA!SQC String duality!N=1 SUGRA Superstring Superstring!Bosonic sector Superstring!N=2 SQC Superstring!Bosonic sector!N=2 SQC SQC!fermionic differential operator representation Fermionic differential operator representation .- Cosmologies with (Hidden) N=2 Supersymmetry.- Points of Departure.- Obstacles and Results: From QC to SQC.- Routes Beyond the Borders.

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