Contributor
Sloan, David, 1982- editor.
ImprintCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Descriptionxi, 557 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note:Fine-tuning, complexity, and life in the multiverse / Mario Livio and Martin Rees -- Hierarchy of fine-structure constants / Bernard Carr -- Naturalness, fine-tuning, and observer selection in cosmology / John A. Peacock -- Cosmic inflation : trick or treat? / Jerome Martin -- Is the universal matter- anti-matter asymmetry fine tuned? / Gary Steigman and Robert J. Scherrer -- Structure formation / Adrianne Slyz -- Nuclear physics and its impact on primordial and stellar nucleosynthesis / Jean-Philippe Uzan -- Fine-tunings at particle scales / Giulia Zanderighi -- Dark matter / Edward W. Kolb -- Fine-tuning : from stars to galaxies formation / Joseph Silk -- How special is the solar system? / Mario Livio -- On the temporal habitability of our universe / Abraham Loeb -- Climbing up the theories of nature : fine-tuning and biological molecules / George Ellis, Jean-Philippe Uzan, and David Sloan.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Is the universe fine-tuned for complexity, life, or something else? This comprehensive overview of fine-tuning arguments in physics, with contributions from leading researchers in their fields, sheds light on this often used but seldom understood topic. Each chapter reviews a specific subject in modern physics, such as dark energy, inflation, or solar system formation, and discusses whether any parameters in our current theories appear to be fine-tuned and, if so, to what degree. Connections and differences between these fine-tuning arguments are made clear, and detailed mathematical derivations of various fine-tuned parameters are given. This accessible yet precise introduction to fine-tuning in physics will aid students and researchers across astrophysics, atomic and particle physics and cosmology, as well as all those working at the intersections of physics and philosophy." --Back cover.
