On the Quantum Origin of Structure in the Inflationary Universe
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In this lecture I give a pedagogical introduction to inflationary cosmology with a special focus on the quantum generation of cosmological perturbations. The basic outline of the lecture is as follows: The lecture was first presented to astronomy undergraduate students at Princeton in 2005.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007