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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.DARK MATTER

3.DARK ENERGY AND THE ACCELERATING UNIVERSE

4.Inflation: Models Tests and Alternatives

4.1.Overview

4.2.The basic idea

4.3.Tests of Inflation

4.3.1.Density

4.3.2.Coherence from inflation

4.3.3.Gravity waves from inflation

4.3.4.The scalar spectral index

4.3.5.Further tests of inflation

4.3.6.Can one really test inflation?

4.4.Inflation and fundamental physics

4.5.Alternatives to inflation

5.PHASE TRANSITION AND THEIR RELICS

5.1.Overview

5.2.The many roles of cosmic phase transitions

6.BARYOGENESIS

7.FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

7.1.Finite Temperature String / M-Theory and Cosmology

7.2.Extra Dimensions and Cosmology

7.3.de-Sitter Space as a Solution to M-Theory

7.4.Transplanckian Physics and Cosmology

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