Scalar fields in cosmology
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The QCD axion and Higgs boson are widely-studied scalar fields with interesting cosmological behavior. We demonstrate that the QCD axion can be a natural dark matter candidate, without tuning or additional new physics, over a much wider range of masses than previously assumed. We also show that, in the presence of certain higher-dimensional operators, the Higgs boson can act as an inflaton without violating unitarity during preheating.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2019; ©2019 |
| Publication date | 2019; 2019 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Scherlis, Adam Michael |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Graham, Peter (Peter Wickelgren) |
| Thesis advisor | Graham, Peter (Peter Wickelgren) |
| Thesis advisor | Dimopoulos, Savas, 1952- |
| Thesis advisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- |
| Degree committee member | Dimopoulos, Savas, 1952- |
| Degree committee member | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Adam Michael Scherlis. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2019. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2019 by Adam Michael Scherlis
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