Big bang big bounce: how particles and fields drive cosmic evolution

1 Elementary Particles.- 1.1 Fundamental Interactions.- 1.2 Quantum Numbers of Elementary Particles.- 1.2.1 Spin.- 1.2.2 Isospin.- 1.2.3 Strangeness.- 1.2.4 Color.- 1.3 Basics of Classification of Elementary Particles.- 1.4 How Elementary Particles Interact.- 1.5 Unified Field Theories.- 1.5.1 The Universal Constant.- 1.5.2 Unified Symmetry.- 1.6 Proton Decay.- 2 The Universe.- 2.1 A Bit of History.- 2.2 Friedmann's Model of the Universe.- 2.3 Evolution of the Universe: A Quantitative Analysis.- 2.4 The Universe: Open or Closed?.- 2.5 A Hot Universe.- 2.6 Baryonic Asymmetry of the Universe.- 2.7 Cosmologic Nucleosynethesis of Helium.- 2.8 The Origin of Galaxies.- 2.9 Stars.- 2.9.1 Classification of Stars.- 2.9.2 Biography of a Star.- 3 The and the Elementary Particles.- 3.1 On the Relation between the Characteristic of Stars and of the Elementary Particles.- 3.1.1 Stars and Planets: A Distinction.- 3.1.2 Stellar Parameters: A Quantitative Evaluation.- 3.2 Structure of the and the Mass of the Elementary Particles.- 3.2.1 The Mass of the Electron.- 3.2.2 The Mass of the Nucleon.- 3.3 Structure of the and the Fundamental Interaction Constants.- 3.3.1 The Strong Interaction.- 3.3.2 The Electromagnetic Interaction.- 3.3.3 The Weak Interaction.- 3.3.4 The Gravitational Interaction.- 3.4 The Dimension of Space.- 3.5 Structure of the and Quantum Numbers of Elementary Particles.- 3.6 The Anthropic Principle.- 3.7 On the Numerical Values of the Fundamental Constants.- 3.8 Conclusion.- 3.8.1 Defining the Words Universe and 3.8.2 Metagalaxy Formation.- 4. The Beginning and End of the Metagalaxy.- 4.1 Updating our Knowledge of the Metagalaxy.- 4.2 Describing the Metagalaxy.- 4.3 The Universality of the Physical Laws.- 4.4 The Very Beginning.- 4.5 Models of the Metagalaxy.- 4.6 The Friedmann Model.- 4.6.1 The Long Way to Recognition.- 4.6.2 Difficulties.- 4.7 The Physical Vacuum.- 4.8 The de Sitter Model: The Beginning of the Metagalaxy.- 4.9 The Structure of the Metagalaxy and the Fundamental Constants.- 4.10 The Metagalaxy as a Fluctuation.- 4.11 The Anthropic Principle.- 4.11.1 Definition.- 4.11.2 Applications.- 4.12 The Birth of the Metagalaxy and of Metagalaxies.- 4.12.1 Progress in Cosmology Brings Understanding.- 4.13 Future of the Metagalaxy.- 4.13.1 Open Metagalaxy.- 4.13.2 Closed Metagalaxy.