Modern cosmology
"Modern Cosmology begins with an introduction to the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric, including careful treatments of dark energy, big bang nucleosynthesis, recombination, and dark matter. From this starting point, the reader is introduced to perturb...
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| Language: | English |
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San Diego, California
Academic Press, An Imprint of Elsevier
2003, [2003]©2003
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| Collection: | Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Standard Model and Beyond
- 2. The Smooth, Expanding Universe
- 3. Beyond Equilibrium
- 4. The Boltzmann Equations
- 5. Einstein Equations
- 6. Initial Conditions
- 7. Inhomogeneities
- 8. Anisotropies
- 9. Probes of Inhomogeneities
- 10. Weak Lensing and Polarization
- 11. Analysis
- A. Solutions to Selected Problems
- B. Symbols
- C. Numbers
- D. Special Functions
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-434) and index