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.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

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