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The Role of Particle Physics in Cosmology and Galactic Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

D. W. Sciama*
Affiliation:
International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy and Department of Astrophysics, Oxford University, UK

Abstract

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A non-technical introduction is given to (a) the inflationary universe, (b) the production of baryon asymmetry by GUTs, (c) the possible role of massive neutrinos and (d) the possible role of the massive photinos and goldstinos of broken supersymmetric theories.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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