Cosmology

The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

Av Peter Coles, Francesco Lucchin, UK) Coles, Prof Peter (University of Nottingham, Italy) Lucchin, Francesco (University of Padova

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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 bookTwo new chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational WavesEach part has a collection of exercises with solutions to numerical parts at the end of the bookContains a table of physical constantsThe addition of a consolidated bibilography

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Utgivningsdatum2002-05-30
Mått174 x 247 x 31 mm
Vikt1 021 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor512
Upplaga2
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780471489092

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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.