Full Description
This volume brings together original research papers and reflective essays honoring the legacy of Alexei A. Starobinsky, a pioneering figure in gravitation and cosmology. Starobinsky made foundational contributions that have shaped modern developments in these fields. He also fostered international scientific collaboration, building a global network of physicists.
Most contributions in this book present new research in areas closely linked to Starobinsky's work. Others offer personal recollections, highlighting his influence on the development of innovative methods and models. A few essays are more personal in nature, offering insight into his character and impact.
This book will appeal to researchers and graduate students specializing in classical and quantum gravity, cosmology, and the history of physics.
Contents
On Legacy of Starobinsky Inflation.- Non-local Starobinsky Inflation and Beyond.- Alexei Starobinsky and Modern Cosmology.- Constant-Roll Inflation.- A Complete Analysis of Inflation with Piecewise Quadratic Potential.- Bounce Solutions with Quantum Vacuum Effects of Massive Fields and Subsequent Starobinsky Inflation.- Induced Gravity and the Creation of the Universe from "Nothing".- On Quantum Creation of a Toroidal Universe.- From a Quantum World to Our Classical Universe.- Origin of Cosmological Density Perturbations from Quantum Fluctuations of Vacuum in General Relativity.- Towards N = 2 Higher-spin Supergravity.- Gauss-Bonnet Mimetic Gravity.- Initial Conditions for Starobinsky Inflation in General Quadratic Gravity.- On Stability and Isotropization of Kasner Solution in R2 Gravity.- Progress in Einstein-Cartan Gravity.- Isotropic and Homogeneous Cosmological Models in the Theory of Gravity with Non-minimal Derivative Coupling.- Dirac Singleton as a Relativistic Field Beyond Standard Model.- Chaos in Horndeski Cosmologies.- Alexei Starobinsky and wormhole physics.- Memories of Gravitational Shockwaves.- Constraining Non-Newtonian Gravity and Axionlike Particles in the Context of the Standard Cosmological Model.- Reconstruction of Primordial Scalar Power Spectrum from Pulsar Timing Observations.- Proton Decay in de Sitter Environment. Proton Decay in de Sitter Environment.- An Unfinished Collaboration with A. A. Starobinsky.- Loop Integrals on the de Sitter Sphere and Some Summation Formulae of the Generalized Hypergeometric Series.- The Starobinsky Model of Inflation and Renormalizability.- The Infra-Red Road to Quantum Gravity.- Recent Developments in Stochastic Inflation.- Structure Formation in the Local Universe and the Cosmological Constant.- Scale Invariant Dark Energy.- Dynamical Dark Energy with AdS-dS Transitions vs. Baryon Acoustic Oscillations at z = 2.3 ? 2.4.- Remembering Alexei Starobinsky - The Gentle Giant of Cosmology.- Starobinsky in Japan.
