Introduction to Cosmology

Matts Roos is Emeritus Professor in Particle Physics at the University of Helsinki, Physics Department, where he is still active in research and postgraduate teaching. Roos is a member of the Finnish Physical Society, honorary member of The Physical Society in Finland, and founding member of the Par...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roos, Matts
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Preface to First Edition -- Preface to Second Edition -- Preface to Third Edition -- Preface to Fourth Edition -- Chapter 1 From Newton to Hubble -- 1.1 Historical Cosmology -- Newton's Cosmology. -- Rotating Galaxies. -- Black Holes. -- Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy. -- The End of Newtonian Cosmology. -- 1.2 Inertial Frames and the Cosmological Principle -- 1.3 Olbers' Paradox -- 1.4 Hubble's Law -- The Expanding Universe. -- Hubble Time and Radius. -- The Cosmic Scale. -- The Hubble Constant. -- Statistics. -- 1.5 The Age of the Universe 
505 8 |a Cosmochronology by Radioactive Nuclei. -- Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs). -- 1.6 Matter in the Universe -- Baryonic Matter. -- Supernovae and Neutron Stars. -- Dark components. -- 1.7 Expansion in a Newtonian World -- Newtonian Mechanics. -- Expansion. -- Models of Cosmological Evolution. -- Chapter 2 Special Relativity -- 2.1 Lorentz Transformations -- Lorentz Transformations. -- Time Dilation. -- Relativity and Gold. -- Light Cone. -- Redshift and Scale Factor. -- 2.2 Metrics of Curved Space-time -- Euclidean Space. -- Minkowski Space-time. -- Gaussian Curvature. -- Comoving Coordinates. 
505 8 |a The Robertson-Walker Metric. -- 2.3 Relativistic Distance Measures -- Proper Distance. -- Particle and Event Horizons. -- Redshift and Proper Distance. -- Redshift and Luminosity Distance. -- Parallax Distance. -- Angular Size Distance. -- Distance Ladder Continued. -- 2.4 Tests of Special Relativity -- Chapter 3 General Relativity -- 3.1 The Principle of Equivalence -- Falling Photons. -- Superluminal Photons. -- 3.2 The Principle of Covariance -- Tensors. -- General Covariance. -- 3.3 The Einstein Equation -- The Einstein-Hilbert Action. -- Stress-Energy Tensor. -- Energy of Gravity Waves. 
505 8 |a 3.4 Weak Field Limit -- Chapter 4 Tests of General Relativity -- 4.1 The Classical Tests -- Mercury's Perihelion Shift. -- Deflection of Star Light. -- Timekeeping in Gravitational Fields. -- Radio Signal Delay. -- 4.2 Binary Pulsars -- 4.3 Gravitational Lensing -- Weak Lensing. -- Strong Lensing. -- Surface Brightness and Microlensing. -- Cosmic Shear. -- Weak Lensing Surveys. -- 4.4 Gravitational Waves -- Tensor Field. -- Sources of Gravitational Waves. -- Gravitational Wave Detection. -- Chapter 5 Cosmological Models -- 5.1 Friedmann-Lemaitre Cosmologies -- Friedmann's Equations. 
505 8 |a General Solution. -- Einstein Universe. -- The Friedmann-Lemaitre Universe. -- Energy-Momentum Conservation. -- Entropy Conservation and the Equation of State. -- Early Time Dependence. -- Big Bang. -- Late Einstein-de Sitter Evolution. -- Evolution of a Closed Universe. -- The Radius of the Universe. -- Late Friedmann-Lemaitre Evolution. -- 5.2 de Sitter Cosmology -- 5.3 The Schwarzschild Model -- The Schwarzschild Metric. -- 5.4 Black Holes -- Event Horizons. -- Hawking Radiation. -- Black Hole Creation. -- Observations of Black Holes. -- 5.5 Extended Gravity Models 
500 |a Chapter 6 Thermal History of the Universe 
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