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Title The universe on edge: Limits of the effective field theory approach in the
very early universe
Author J.M. Oberreuter
Faculty Faculty of Science
Year 2013
Pages xii, 172
ISBN 9789461917485
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T U E
HE NIVERSE ON DGE
LIMITS OF THE EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY APPROACH
IN THE VERY EARLY UNIVERSE

T U E
HE NIVERSE ON DGE
LIMITS OF THE EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY APPROACH
IN THE VERY EARLY UNIVERSE
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT
terverkrijgingvandegraadvandoctor
aandeUniversiteitvanAmsterdam
opgezagvandeRectorMagnificus
prof. dr. D.C.vandenBoom
tenoverstaanvaneendoorhetcollegevoorpromotiesingestelde
commissie,inhetopenbaarteverdedigenindeAgnietenkapel
opwoensdag29mei2013,te12:00uur
door
JOHANNES MICHAEL OBERREUTER
geborenteGra¨felfing,Duitsland.
PROMOTIECOMMISSIE
PROMOTOR
prof. dr. E.P.Verlinde
CO-PROMOTORES
dr. K.E.Schalm
dr. J.P.vanderSchaar
OVERIGE LEDEN
prof. dr. A.Achu´carro
prof. dr. J.deBoer
prof. dr. B.Craps
dr. D.Roest
prof. dr. K.Skenderis
FACULTEIT DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, WISKUNDE EN INFORMATICA
ISBN978-94-6191-748-5
The cover illustration is inspired by “Der Zeichner der Laute”, woodcut by Albrecht
Du¨rer (1525). The pattern in violin shape is the map of the temperature anisotropies
of the cosmic microwave background radiation as measured by the Planck spacecraft
(copyrightESAandthePlanckCollaboration).
Thisworkispartoftheresearchprogramofthe“Stichting
voorFundamenteelOnderzoekderMaterie(FOM)”,which
is part of the “Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschap-
pelijkOnderzoek(NWO)”.

Vonderinspiration
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fliegtunterhalbderwolken
(nochisterinsichselbst
nichtweitgenugentferntvommenschen)
Wenndeinestirneinflu¨gelstreift,
ist’seinervonihnen,
unddustehstamanfang
wieer.
ReinerKunze[6]

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