Inflationary Cosmology and Structure Formation

Inflationary Cosmology and Structure Formation
by J. A. Peacock

Publisher: arXiv 1996
Number of pages: 77

Description:
These lectures cover the basics of inflationary models for the early universe, concentrating particularly on the generation of density fluctuations from scalar-field dynamics. The subsequent gravitational dynamics of these fluctuations in dark matter in a Friedmann model are described, leading to a review of the current situation in confronting inflationary models with the latest data on the clustering of galaxies and other measures of large-scale structure.