Fundamental Physics and Observational Cosmology
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Abstract
We aim to advance the confrontation between observational cosmology and fundamental physics by developing testable signatures of early universe theories which are of direct relevance to STFC-supported satellite and other experiments, such as Planck and Clover. This work entails making detailed quantitative observational predictions which can be used to distinguish between different inflation models, as well as those involving cosmic superstrings and textures. In particular, we wish to study cosmologies emerging from higher dimensional models in fundamental theory, and discover ways in which to differentiate these from conventional four-dimensional models. We will also use data from the late universe to develop probes of the cosmological constant, dark energy and the variation of the fundamental constants of nature. In addition, we will embark on a new project in gravitational physics, studying the existence, formation and consequences of black holes. We will consider the distinctive signatures of extra dimensions which the experimental study of black holes may be able to uncover.
Organisations
Publications
Abergel, A.
(2011)
Planck Early Results: Thermal dust in Nearby Molecular Clouds
Ahlqvist P
(2011)
Conifolds and tunneling in the string landscape
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Amelino-Camelia G
(2008)
GAUGE: the GrAnd Unification and Gravity Explorer
in Experimental Astronomy
Anderson E
(2010)
Quantum cosmological metroland model
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Anderson E
(2009)
Triangleland: II. Quantum mechanics of pure shape
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Anderson E
(2008)
An interpretation of variational principles for gauge theories: a cyclic coordinate alternative to ADM split
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Anderson E
(2008)
Foundations of relational particle dynamics
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Anderson E
(2009)
Triangleland: I. Classical dynamics with exchange of relative angular momentum
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Anderson E
(2010)
Relational motivation for conformal operator ordering in quantum cosmology
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Anderson Edward
(2009)
RECORDS THEORY
in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D
Anderson, Edward
(2010)
Relational mechanics of shape and scale
in Int. J. Mod. Phys.
Anderson, Edward
(2009)
Smallest Relational Mechanics Model of Quantum Cosmology
Aref'eva I
(2010)
Critical trapped surfaces formation in the collision of ultrarelativistic charges in (A)dS
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aref'eva I
(2009)
Null energy condition violation and classical stability in the Bianchi I metric
in Physical Review D
Aref'eva I
(2008)
Dynamics in nonlocal linear models in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Avelino P
(2008)
Dynamics of domain wall networks with junctions
in Physical Review D
Avgoustidis A
(2009)
Consistency among distance measurements: transparency, BAO scale and accelerated expansion
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Avgoustidis A
(2010)
Constraints on cosmic opacity and beyond the standard model physics from cosmological distance measurements
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Avgoustidis A
(2009)
Consistency checks in the ?CDM: transparency, BAO scale and ?-domination
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Avgoustidis A
(2009)
Warped Wilson line DBI inflation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Avgoustidis A
(2008)
Velocity-dependent models for non-Abelian/entangled string networks
in Physical Review D
Avgoustidis A
(2011)
New Cosmological Constraints on Axions and Axion-Like Particles
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Avgoustidis A
(2010)
Effect of kinematic constraints on multitension string network evolution
in Physical Review D
Avgoustidis A
(2007)
Cosmic String Evolution in Brane Inflation
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Avgoustidis A
(2008)
Non-relativistic strings in expanding spacetime
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Avgoustidis A
(2008)
Cosmic string dynamics and evolution in warped spacetime
in Physical Review D
Avgoustidis, A.; Jimenez, R.; Alvarez-Gaume, L. & Vazquez-Mozo, M. A.
(2009)
Powering AGNs with super-critical black holes
Aylott B
(2009)
Testing gravitational-wave searches with numerical relativity waveforms: results from the first Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Barausse E
(2011)
Black holes in Einstein-aether and Horava-Lifshitz gravity
in Physical Review D
Barrow J
(2009)
Classical stability of sudden and big rip singularities
in Physical Review D
Barrow J
(2010)
Simple types of anisotropic inflation
in Physical Review D
Barrow J
(2008)
Varying alpha: New constraints from seasonal variations
in Physical Review D
Barrow J
(2008)
Some late-time asymptotics of general scalar-tensor cosmologies
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Barrow J
(2010)
Anisotropic pressures at ultrastiff singularities and the stability of cyclic universes
in Physical Review D
Barrow J
(2009)
On the stability of static ghost cosmologies
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Barrow J
(2008)
Slow decay of magnetic fields in open Friedmann universes
in Physical Review D
Barrow J
(2010)
Varying alpha
in Annalen der Physik
Barrow J
(2010)
A general sudden cosmological singularity
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Barrow J
(2011)
Cosmological magnetic field survival Cosmological magnetic field survival
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Barrow J
(2008)
Varying-alpha cosmologies with potentials
in Physical Review D
Barrow J
(2008)
Quantum particle production at sudden singularities
in Physical Review D
Bartolo N
(2008)
On the physical significance of infra-red corrections to inflationary observables
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Battefeld D
(2008)
Staggered multi-field inflation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Battefeld D
(2008)
Magnetogenesis from cosmic string loops
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Battye R
(2008)
Textures and semi-local strings in supersymmetric hybrid inflation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Baumann D
(2009)
Probing Inflation with CMB Polarization
Bean R
(2008)
Comparing infrared Dirac-Born-Infeld brane inflation to observations
in Physical Review D
Bean R
(2008)
Duality cascade in brane inflation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Berman D
(2011)
SO ( 5 , 5 ) duality in M-theory and generalized geometry
in Physics Letters B