Cosmology

see also Braneworlds

Books

Elements of String Cosmology
by Maurizio Gasperini (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

Cosmology and String Theory
by Horaţiu Năstase (Springer Verlag, 2019)

Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory
by D. Bailin, A. Love (CRC Press, 2021)

reviews

Inflation and String Theory
by Daniel Baumann and Liam McAllister (1404.2601 [hep-th], 349 pages, 48 figures. Draft of a book to be published by Cambridge UP.)

Introduction to Early Universe Cosmology
by Robert H. Brandenberger (McGill University) (1103.2271 [hep-th], 70 pages, 12 figures)

Introduction to Superstring Cosmology
by Costas Kounnas (1002.3063 [hep-th], 6 pages)

Lectures on inflation and cosmological perturbations
by David Langlois (1001.5259 [hep-th], 56 pages, 5 figures)

TASI Lectures on Inflation
by Daniel Baumann (0907.5424 [hep-th], 160 pages, 42 figures)

Seeing through the String Landscape - a String Hunter's Companion in Particle Physics and Cosmology
by Dieter Lust (0904.4601 [hep-th], 94 pages)

A primer on problems and prospects of dark energy
by M. Sami (0904.3445 [hep-th], 21 pages)

Cosmic Strings and Cosmic Superstrings
by Mairi Sakellariadou (0902.0569 [hep-th], 23 pages, 14 figures)

String Gas Cosmology
by Thorsten Battefeld and Scott Watson (hep-th/0510022, 56 pages, 1 figure)

String Gas Cosmology
by Robert H. Brandenberger (0808.0530 [hep-th], 35 pages, 11 figures)

On the Quantum Origin of Structure in the Inflationary Universe
by D. Baumann (hep-th/0710.3187, 29 pages)

String Cosmology: A Review
by Liam McAllister, Eva Silverstein (0710.2951, 55 pages)

TASI Lectures on the Cosmological Constant
by Raphael Bousso (0708.4231, 39 pages, 3 figures)

Lectures on Cosmic Inflation and its Potential Stringy Realizations
by C.P. Burgess (hep-th/0708.2865, 68 pages)

Resource Letter BE-1: The Beginning and Evolution of the Universe
by B. Ratra, M.S. Vogeley (astro-ph/0706.1565, 95 pages)

Inflationary Cosmology
by Andrei Linde (0705.0164, 60 pages, 10 figures)

Inflationary Perturbations: the Cosmological Schwinger Effect
by J. Martin (hep-th/0704.3540, 49 pages)

TASI Lectures: Introduction to Cosmology
by Mark Trodden, Sean M. Carroll (astro-ph/0401547, 82 pages, 12 figures)

A Status Review of Inflationary Cosmology
by Robert H. Brandenberger (hep-ph/0101119, 20 pages)

Inflationary Cosmology: Progress and Problems
by Robert H. Brandenberger (hep-ph/9910410, 43 pages, 8 figures)

Introduction to Cosmology
by G. Lazarides (hep-ph/9904502, 15 pages)

TASI Lectures: Cosmology for String Theorists
by Sean M. Carroll (hep-th/0011110, 56 pages, 3 figures)

String Cosmology
by Nick E. Mavromatos (hep-th/0111275, 64 pages, 11 figures)

Lectures on string/brane cosmology
by F. Quevedo (hep-th/0210292, 75 pages, 29 figures)

The Cosmological Constant and Dark Energy
by P. J. E. Peebles, Bharat Ratra (astro-ph/0207347, 55 pages)

Measuring spacetime: from big bang to black holes
by Max Tegmark (astro-ph/0207199, 4 figures)

The Pre-Big Bang Scenario in String Cosmology.
by M. Gasperini, G. Veneziano (hep-th/0207130, 250 pages, 34 figures)

Dark Energy and the Preposterous Universe
by Sean M. Carroll (astro-ph/0107571, 17 pages)

The Enigma of the Dark Matter
by Shaaban Khalil, Carlos Munoz (hep-ph/0110122, 20 pages, 5 figures)

The Promise of String Cosmology
by Robert H. Brandenberger (hep-th/0103156)

The first second of the Universe
by Dominik J. Schwarz (astro-ph/0303574, 51 pages, 16 figures)

String Cosmology
by Nick E. Mavromatos (hep-th/0111275, 64 pages, 11 figures)

New Developments in String Gravity and String Cosmology. A Summary Report.
by Norma G. Sanchez (hep-th/0209016)

The Cosmic Microwave Background
by Arthur Kosowsky (astro-ph/0102402, 52 pages)

Theories of Everything and Hawking's Wave Function of the Universe
by James B. Hartle (gr-qc/0209047, 14 pages, 4 figures)

Lectures on Quantum Cosmology
by T. Christodoulakis (gr-qc/0109059, 34 pages)

Lectures on Cosmic Topological Defects
by Tanmay Vachaspati (hep-ph/0101270, 34 pages)

An introduction to quantum cosmology
by D.L. Wiltshire (gr-qc/0101003, 60 pages, 11 figures)

The Cosmological Constant Problems
by Steven Weinberg (astro-ph/0005265, 10 pages)

The Cosmological Constant
by Sean M. Carroll (astro-ph/0004075, 50 pages)

String cosmology versus standard and inflationary cosmology
by M. Gasperini (hep-th/0004149, 22 pages, 3 figures)

The Interface of Cosmology with String and M(ILLENNIUM) Theory
by D. Easson (hep-th/0003086, 49 pages, 10 figures)

String Cosmology: The Pre-Big Bang Scenario
by G. Veneziano (hep-th/0002094, 46 pages, 8 figures)

Cosmology report
by Martin J. Rees (astro-ph/9912373)

M Theory and Cosmology
by Tom Banks (hep-th/9911067, 86 pages, 3 figures)

The Cosmic Triangle: Revealing the State of the Universe
by N. Bahcall, J.P. Ostriker, S. Perlmutter, P. J. Steinhardt (astro-ph/9906463, 36 pages, 8 figures)

Determination of cosmological parameters: an introduction for non-specialists
by Palash B. Pal (hep-ph/9906447, 12 pages)

Why Cosmologists Believe the Universe is Accelerating
by Michael S. Turner (astro-ph/9904049, 14 pages, 9 figures)

The Standard Cosmological Model and CMB Anisotropies
by James G. Bartlett (astro-ph/9903260, 44 pages)

An introduction to cosmological inflation
by Andrew R Liddle (astro-ph/9901124, 36 pages, 5 figures)

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Inflation
by Michael S. Turner (astro-ph/9704062, 34 pages, 11 figures)

Lecture Notes on General Relativity
by Sean M. Carroll (gr-qc/9712019, 238 pages, numerous figures)

Doppler peaks and all that: CMB anisotropies and what they can tell us
by Max Tegmark (astro-ph/9511148, 40 pages)