Michael Kachelriess is Professor of Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. After receiving his PhD from Ruhr University at Bochum in 1996, he held fellowships at Gran Sasso National Laboratory, the University of Valencia, the Theory Division of CERN, and the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. His research focuses on theoretical astroparticle physics, and he has published widely in this field.

This book treats two fields of physics that are usually taught separately quantum field theory (QFT) on one side and cosmology and gravitation on the other in a more unified manner. This volume can serve as a textbook for courses in QFT, astroparticle physics and cosmology, and students interested in working at the interface between these fields can certainly appreciate the uncommon approach used.

• 1: Classical Mechanics 2: Quantum Mechanics 3: Free Scalar Field 4: Scalar Field with Lambda phi 4 Interaction 5: Global Symmetries and Noether's Theorom 6: Space-time Symmetries 7: Spin-1 and Spin-2 Fields 8: Fermions and the Dirac Equation 9: Scattering Processes 10: Gauge Theories 11: Renormalisation I: Perturbation Theory 12: Renormalisation II: Improving Perturbation Theory 13: Symmetries and Symmetry Breaking 14: GSW Model of Electroweak Interactions 15: Thermal Field Theory 16: Phase Transitions and Topological Defects 17: Anomalies, Instantons and Axions 18: Hadrons, Partons and QCD 19: Gravity as a Gauge Theory 20: Cosmological Models for a Homogeneous, Isotropic Universe 21: Thermal Relics 22: Baryogenesis 23: Quantum Fields in Curved Space-Time 24: Inflation 25: Black Holes 26: Cosmological Constant