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Inflation and String Theory

Daniel D. Baumann, Liam McAllister

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We review cosmological inflation and its realization in quantum field theory and in string theory. This material is a portion of a book, also entitled "Inflation and String Theory", to be published by Cambridge University Press.

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We review cosmological inflation and its realization in quantum field theory and in string theory. This material is a portion of a book, also entitled "Inflation and String Theory", to be published by Cambridge University Press.

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We review cosmological inflation and its realization in quantum field theory and in string theory. This material is a portion of a book, also entitled "Inflation and String Theory", to be published by Cambridge University Press.

Key concepts: Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory, String cosmology, Theoretical physics, String phenomenology, String theory, Non-critical string theory, Physics, String field theory

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