Introduction to superstring cosmology

Abstract

This is a summary of lectures in superstring cosmology given by the author at the CORFU 2009 School and Workshops "Theory - Cosmology - Phenomenology", Corfu Institute, Greece, Sept. 6.-13, 2009. These lectures are based on some recent developments and ideas, in the framework of superstring theory, concern- ing the evolution and structure of the universe in (i) the very early "non-geometric" cosmological era, (ii) the intermediate "radiation-like" era and (iii) the late time cosmological era characterized by the electroweak phase transition. © 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.