Cosmology : the origin and evolution of cosmic structure
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Cosmology : the origin and evolution of cosmic structure
John Wiley, c2002
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-483) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title on this fascinating and complex subject. Concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation, the new features of the this addition include:
An overall introduction to the book
Two new chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves
Each part has a collection of exercises with solutions to numerical parts at the end of the book
Contains a table of physical constants
The addition of a consolidated bibilography
目次
Preface.
Introduction.
PART 1: COSMOLOGICAL MODELS.
First Principles.
The Friedmann Models.
Alternative Cosmologies.
Observational Properties of the Universe.
PART 2: THE HOT BIG BANG MODEL.
Thermal History of the Hot Big Bang Model.
The Very Early Universe.
Phase Transitions and Inflation.
The Lepton Era.
The Plasma Era.
PART 3: THEORY OF STRUCTURE FORMATION.
Introduction to Jeans Theory.
Gravitational Instability of Baryonic Matter.
Non-Baryonic Matter.
Cosmological Perturbations.
Non-Linear Evolution.
Models of Structure Formation
PART 4: OBSERVATIONAL TESTS.
Statistics of Galaxy Clustering.
The Cosmic Microwave Background.
Peculiar Motions of Galaxies.
Gravitational Lensing.
The High-Redshift Universe.
A Forward Look.
Appendices
References.
Index.
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