Recommend some papers or books on Inflation

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Recommended resources for understanding inflation include Alan Guth's "The Inflationary Universe," which is accessible yet informative. Additionally, two papers from arXiv, specifically astro-ph/9901124 and 0907.5424, were suggested for deeper insights. There is a discussion about the formatting of academic texts, particularly Liddle's work, which some find cumbersome due to wide margins. The conversation highlights the need for resources that cater to both laypersons and those seeking a more scientific approach to the topic of inflation. Overall, the thread emphasizes the importance of selecting appropriate materials for different levels of understanding in the field of cosmology.
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Could someone recommend some papers or books on Inflation? I know nothing about it, so I need some accessible ones. Thx.
 
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Thx a lot!
 
I really like Liddle's work... I pretty much worshipped his textbook when first learning cosmology. It's sort of a shame he's formatted it with such wide margins, 36 pages is a lot to print! I guess that's LaTeX for you.
 
I think you would want to start with Alan Guth's book, The Inflationary Universe.
 
jnorman said:
I think you would want to start with Alan Guth's book, The Inflationary Universe.

That's a popular science book though, isn't it? I gathered that the OP wanted to learn about inflation as a physicist, and not as a layperson.
 

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