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The workshop on the cosmology of extra dimensions and varying fundamental constants was part of JENAM 2002, held in Porto in September 2002. It was the first major international workshop devoted to this topic. It brought together string theorists, particle physicists, theoretical and observational cosmologists, relativists and observational astrophysicists. The overall motivation for the workshop was to discuss the current theoretical motivations for the existence of additional space-time dimensions, and to confront these expectations with existing or upcoming observational and experimental tests. The interaction between specialists in different areas was quite fruitful, and a number of outstanding issues were identified which are likely to become the main paths of research to be explored in this area in the coming years.

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Author:   Carlos Martins
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048162277

ISBN 10:   9048162270
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The cosmology of extra dimensions and varying fundamental constants.- String theory, cosmology and varying constants.- Cosmological parameters from Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies: Status and prospects.- Cosmology in a brane-universe.- Brane world effective action at low energies.- Varying fundamental constants from a string-inspired brane world model.- Cosmology ‘without’ constants.- Variable speed of light theories.- Varying fundamental constants: A dynamical systems approach.- A resolution of the cosmological singularity in string theory.- The global structure of the colliding bubble braneworld universe.- The value of ?0 in a colliding bubble universe.- Inhomogeneous dark radiation dynamics on a de Sitter brane.- The confrontation between general relativity and experiment.- The implications of experimental uncertainties in Newton’s constant on the standard evolution of the Sun.- Varying fine-structure constant and the cosmological constant problem.- Does the fine structure constant vary? A third quasar absorption sample consistent with varying ?.- Does the fine structure constant vary? A detailed investigation into systematic effects.- Does the proton-to-electron mass ratio ? = mp/me vary in the course of cosmological evolution?.- Measuring ? in the early universe.- Constraining theoretical models with astronomical and geophysical bounds.- White dwarf constraints on exotic physics.- Possible evidence of time variation of weak interaction constant from double beta decay experiments.- Varying constants, nuclear physics and unification.- Cosmological perturbations of an expanding brane in an antide Sitter bulk: A short review.- Varying constants in brane world scenarios.- Cosmological tensor perturbations in brane world models.- Holographic view ofcosmological perturbations.- Constants and variations: From alpha to omega.- A qualitative analysis of the attractor mechanism of general relativity.- Non-Abelian brane cosmology.- Chaos and brane-worlds.- Multidimensional cosmology and asymptotical AdS.- Black hole solutions in braneworlds with induced gravity.

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