Pre - Big - Bang In String Cosmology
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The duality-type symmetries of string cosmology naturally lead us to expect a pre-big-bang phase of accelerated evolution as the dual counterpart of the decelerating expansion era of standard cosmology. Several properties of this scenario are discussed, including the possibility that it avoids the initial singularity and that it provides a large amount of inflation. We also discuss how possible tracks of the pre-big-bang era may be looked for directly in the spectral and " squeezing " properties of relic gravitons and, indirectly, in the distorsion they induce on the cosmic microwave background.
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