String gas cosmology: progress and problems

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/20/204005MaRDI QIDQ3100334zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert H. Brandenberger

Publication date 24 November 2011

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3247

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Gravitational waves (83C35) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: String Gas Cosmology is a model of the evolution of the very early universe based on fundamental principles and key new degrees of freedom of string theory which are different from those of point particle field theories. In String Gas Cosmology the universe starts in a quasi-static Hagedorn phase during which space is filled with a gas of highly excited string states. Thermal fluctuations of this string gas lead to an almost scale-invariant spectrum of curvature fluctuations. Thus, String Gas Cosmology is an alternative to cosmological inflation as a theory for the origin of structure in the universe. This short review focuses on the building blocks of the model, the predictions for late time cosmology, and the main problems which the model faces.

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