Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Cosmic acceleration has come to be a standard, and perhaps required, ingredient in our current understanding of the universe. In the early universe, under the name of inflation, a phase of accelerated expansion is used to solve many problems with the standard Hot Big Bang cosmology. In the late universe, cosmic acceleration seems to best explain a wide variety of observations. In both cases, we lack a complete theory of what drives cosmic acceleration. In this thesis I discuss some open issues in our understanding of cosmic acceleration, both in the early and late universe.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Physics
- Year
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- West, Eric J.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Cristian Armendariz-Picon
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://surface.syr.edu/phy_etd/110
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:surface.syr.edu:phy_etd-1110