The effective field theory of large-scale structure in cosmology
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- So far, the cosmic microwave background has provided most of the significant constraints on cosmological parameters, but because of Silk damping and foreground contamination, the Planck Satellite has essentially reached the limit in constraining non-Gaussianity in scalar modes with the cosmic microwave background. Fortunately, the distribution of galaxies today is correlated with the conditions present in the early universe, so large-scale structure surveys can help us understand the early universe by observing the current-day galaxy distribution. In this way, it is likely that the next leading source of cosmological information will come from large-scale structure surveys like LSST and Euclid. In order for large-scale structure to significantly improve our knowledge of the early universe, for example by constraining f_NL < 1 through bispectrum measurements, the large-scale structure observables must be understood to percent level, even in the quasi-linear regime of structure formation. Recently, a research program called the Effective Field Theory of Large-Scale Structure was launched with this purpose. In this thesis, I will develop two pieces of that program: the effective field theory in redshift space, and the description of baryonic effects in the effective field theory. Finally, I will present work which computes the first slow-roll corrections to the volume of the universe and the universal entropy bound for slow-roll eternal inflation.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Lewandowski, Matthew Joseph |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Senatore, Leonardo |
| Thesis advisor | Senatore, Leonardo |
| Thesis advisor | Shenker, Stephen Hart, 1953- |
| Thesis advisor | Silverstein, Eva, 1970- |
| Advisor | Shenker, Stephen Hart, 1953- |
| Advisor | Silverstein, Eva, 1970- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Matthew Joseph Lewandowski. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2016. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2016 by Matthew Lewandowski
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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