Published in "Sov. Sci. Rev. E Astrophys. Space Phys.", Vol. 5, 1986, pp. 1-37
COSMOLOGICAL FIELD THEORY FOR OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMERS
YA. B. Zel'dovich
Institute for Space Research, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
WELL-ESTABLISHED NEW PHYSICS
HYPOTHESIZED NEW PHYSICS
AN INTERLUDE: PARTICLES AND FIELDS
THE SCALAR FIELD
AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF SCALAR FIELD THEORY
Renormalization in Electrodynamics
The Higgs Field
PROPERTIES OF THE SCALAR FIELD
THE SCALAR FIELD IN AN EXPANDING UNIVERSE
HIGGS-BASED KIRZHNITS-LINDE INFLATION
LINDE INFLATION WITH MONOTONIC V(K)
BEHAVIOR OF THE SCALAR FIELD UNDER EXPANSION AND COMPRESSION
SOME COSMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
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