Introduction to Particle Cosmology The Standard Model of Cosmology and its Open Problems

This book introduces the basic concepts of particle cosmology and covers all the main aspects of the Big Bang Model (expansion of the Universe, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Cosmic Microwave Background, large scale structures) and the search for new physics (inflation, baryogenesis, dark matter, dark en...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bambi, Cosimo, Dolgov, Alexandre D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:UNITEXT for Physics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Standard Model of Particle Physics
  • General Relativity
  • Cosmological Models
  • Thermodynamics of the Early Universe
  • Inflation
  • Baryogenesis
  • Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
  • Dark Matter (DM)
  • Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
  • Large Scale Structures
  • Dark Energy