Cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, June 2004.
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| author | Buttz, Catalina M. (Catalina Marie) |
| author2 | Alan H. Guth. |
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| description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, June 2004. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/327222019-04-09T18:04:14Z Cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation Buttz, Catalina M. (Catalina Marie) Alan H. Guth. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Physics. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, June 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-49). This thesis makes predictions for the temperature anisotropy spectrum of the CMB under the supernatural inflation model class [17] and compares these predictions against the Boomerang 98 data [5], using the Lange et. al [11] cosmological parameter estimations for an [Omega]tot = 1 universe. This was implemented by creating a modified version of CMBFAST [19] which could accommodate a two-field inflation model. A series of codes were compiled, both with and without modifications, to determine the effect of the supernatural primordial spectrum spike on CMB simulations at the Planck, GUT and Intermediate energy scales, where the inflaton field has renormalizable couplings to other fields. While the spike's effects at lMpc were found to be negligible, the detailed calculations of the scalar spectral index, ns, demonstrate that the energy scale most favored by Randall et. al on particle physics grounds, is actually the one most tightly constrained by observation. by Catalina M. Buttz. S.B. 2006-05-15T20:25:23Z 2006-05-15T20:25:23Z 2001 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32722 56051319 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 49 leaves 3278982 bytes 3279312 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Buttz, Catalina M. (Catalina Marie) Cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation |
| title | Cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation |
| title_full | Cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation |
| title_fullStr | Cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation |
| title_short | Cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation |
| title_sort | cosmic microwave background predictions of supernatural inflation |
| topic | Physics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32722 |
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