Symmetry or Asymmetry in Cosmology
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 June 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editors
Interests: theoretical cosmology; gravitation high-energy physics; theoretical astrophysics; dark energy
Interests: quantum gravity; AdS/CFT correspondence; cosmology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Much like in particle physics, symmetries play a fundamental role in cosmology and have proved to be an invaluable tool in theoretical research, such as in the effective field theories of inflation, dark energy, and the large-scale structure; consistency relations and soft theorems of correlation functions; and the cosmological bootstrap program. On the other hand, asymmetries (or the breaking of symmetries) are likewise fundamentally important, potentially serving to gain insight into a wealth of new physics, for instance, through the mechanisms of baryogenesis, leptogenesis, or parity violation in cosmological observables, particularly gravitational waves.
This Special Issue aims to explore the impact of symmetry and asymmetry as guiding principles in cosmological research, including fundamental aspects of early universe physics; model building as applied to inflation, dark matter, and dark energy; and phenomenological, observational, and data analysis-oriented work aiming to measure and constrain these. Through the inclusion of this broad set of research approaches, the Special Issue aims to mirror the unprecedented advances in theoretical and experimental cosmology that the field has witnessed in recent years.
We welcome submissions from scientists with interest in the following areas:
- Cosmic inflation;
- Early-universe cosmology;
- Primordial non-Gaussianity;
- Primordial gravitational waves;
- Cosmological bootstrap;
- Effective field theories in cosmology;
- Cosmological correlators;
- Cosmological collider physics;
- Topological defects and cosmic strings;
- Modified gravity;
- Axion cosmology;
- Baryogenesis and leptogenesis;
- Parity violation in gravity and cosmology;
- Neutrino cosmology;
- Large-scale structure of the universe;
- Models of dark matter and dark energy;
- Cosmological tensions.
Dr. Sebastian Garcia-Saenz
Dr. Yizhou Lu
Guest Editors
Dr. Hsu-Wen Chiang
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- cosmic inflation
- non-gaussianity
- modified gravity
- effective field theory
- cosmological correlators
- parity violation
- dark matter
- dark energy
- gravitational waves
- large-scale structure
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