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AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Physics
Year Degree Awarded
2017
Month Degree Awarded
September
First Advisor
Lorenzo Sorbo
Second Advisor
David Kastor
Third Advisor
Michael Ramsey-Musolf
Fourth Advisor
Martin Weinberg
Subject Categories
Cosmology, Relativity, and Gravity | Elementary Particles and Fields and String Theory | Other Physics
Abstract
This dissertation proposal explores the production of present day cosmological observables which might have been produced during the inflationary era. The first observable is the current net electric charge of our observable universe produced by charge fluctuations during inflation. Next, we examine the possibility of a signal in the primordial gravitational wave power spectrum produced by a scalar field with a time dependent mass. Finally, we examine primordial magnetic fields produced during inflation through the Ratra model coupling with the Schwinger effect.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/10268004.0
Recommended Citation
Goolsby-Cole, Cody, "Production of Cosmological Observables During the Inflationary Epoch" (2017). Doctoral Dissertations. 1093.
https://doi.org/10.7275/10268004.0
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/1093
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