interface between cosmology and new physics. ; 宇宙学和新物理学的交叉领域 ; Interface between cosmology & new physics ; The interface between cosmology and new physics. ; Yu zhou xue he xin wu li xue de jiao cha ling yu

Li Baojiu = 宇宙学和新物理学的交叉领域 / 李宝九. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-99). ; Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Li Baojiu = Yu zhou xue he xin wu li xue de jiao cha ling yu / Li Baojiu. ; Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Some Basic Conceptions in Cosmology --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.1 --- "The Big Bang, Hubble's Law" --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2 --- The Cosmological Principle and Robertson-Walker Metric --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.1.3 --- The Cosmological Redshift --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.1.4 --- The Friedmann Equations --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Dark Energy --- p.9 ; Chapter 2 --- "Branes, Varying Constants and BBN" --- p.16 ; Chapter 2.1 --- A Brief Introduction to Theories Involving Extra Dimensions --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- The Kaluza-Klein Theory --- p.18 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Large Extra Dimensions --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.1.3 --- Warped Extra Dimensions --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.1.4 --- Universal Extra Dimensions --- p.24 ; Chapter 2.1.5 --- Cosmology in a Brane World --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.2 --- BBN and Varying Constants in Brane Models --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Low Energy Effective Action in Brane Models --- p.30 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- BBN with a Varying Higgs VEV --- p.34 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Numerical Results --- p.38 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Discussion and Conclusions --- p.47 ; Chapter 3 --- "Universal Extra Dimensions, Varying Constants and BBN" --- p.49 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.50 ; Chapter 3.2 --- The Low Energy 4-Dimensional Effective Actions --- p.50 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Radion Dependence of Fundamental Constants --- p.54 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Variations of Quantities Relevant For BBN Calculation --- p.57 ; Chapter 3.4.1 --- Neutron-proton Mass Difference --- p.57 ; Chapter 3.4.2 --- Weak Interaction Rates --- p.58 ; Chapter 3.4.3 --- Expansion Rate of the Universe --- p.58 ; Chapter 3.4.4 --- Nuclear Reaction Rates --- p.59 ; Chapter 3.5 --- Numerical Results --- p.64 ...