Bibliography: leaves 100-106. / v, 107 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Studies different models of "quintessence", in particular, a quintessence arising from an ultra-light pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson. Overviews dynamical properties for these models using phase-space analyses to study attractor and tracker solutions. Studies high-redshift type Ia supernovae constraints on these models. Studies the impact of a simple phenomenological model for supernovae luminosity evolution on the PNGB models and the potentials of a future supernovae data set to discriminate the PNGB models over the other quintessence models. Studies gravitational lensing statistics of high luminosity quasars upon the quintessence models. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Physics and Mathematical Physics, 2001
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/262969 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Ng, Shao-Chin Cindy |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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