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Fundamental ideas in cosmology : scientific, philosophical and sociological critical perspectives /
This book examines the world of cosmological research, providing an in-depth critical review of the research associated with challenges to the standard Big Bang scenario. It includes studies that are apparently at odds with the current standard Lambda-CDM model, providing examples of alternative the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
[2022]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 22.
IOP ebooks. 2022 collection. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Historical and conceptual introduction to the standard cosmological model
- 1.1. Fundamental ideas in cosmology
- 1.2. Cosmology in western culture before the twentieth century
- 1.3. Origin and evolution of the standard cosmological model
- 1.4. Pillars of the standard model
- 1.5. Towards a sceptical position on cosmology
- 2. Some examples of alternative cosmologies
- 2.1. Variations on the standard model
- 2.2. Quasi-steady state cosmology
- 2.3. Plasma cosmology
- 2.4. Universe as a hypersphere
- 2.5. Static models and/or non-cosmological redshifts
- 2.6. Caveats/problems in the alternative approaches
- 3. CP violation, inflation, dark matter, and dark energy
- 3.1. Antimatter and CP violation
- 3.2. Inflation
- 3.3. History of the idea of dark matter
- 3.4. Dark matter and inconsistencies of the theory on galactic scales
- 3.5. Dark matter particles
- 3.6. Scenarios without non-baryonic cold dark matter
- 3.7. Dark energy and the cosmological constant or quintessence
- 3.8. Grey ... neither dark nor luminous
- 4. Redshift and expansion
- 4.1. Does redshift mean expansion?
- 4.2. Conceptual problems of expansion
- 4.3. Expansion on small scales
- 4.4. Hubble-Lemaître constant
- 4.5. Observational tests for the expansion of the Universe
- 4.6. Anomalous redshifts
- 4.7. So ... is the Universe expanding or not?
- 5. The cosmic microwave background radiation
- 5.1. Early predictions and observations
- 5.2. Alternative explanations for the temperature of 2.7 K
- 5.3. Alternative origin of the CMBR
- 5.4. Microwave background radiation anisotropies
- 5.5. Some doubts on the validity of the foreground Galactic contribution subtraction from microwave anisotropies
- 5.6. Anomalies in the anisotropies
- 5.7. Other background radiations
- 5.8. How sure can we be of the standard interpretation of the CMBR?
- 6. The abundance of light elements
- 6.1. Basic aspects of primordial nucleosynthesis
- 6.2. Helium-4
- 6.3. Lithium
- 6.4. Deuterium and helium-3
- 6.5. Abundances of other elements
- 6.6. Baryon fraction
- 6.7. Light element abundance without primordial nucleosynthesis
- 6.8. Light elements, weighty problems
- 7. Large-scale-structure and the formation and evolution of galaxies
- 7.1. Reionization epoch
- 7.2. Formation and evolution of stars and galaxies in the early Universe
- 7.3. Large-scale structure
- 7.4. Large-scale problems for the standard model
- 8. Sociological factors that hinder the development of alternative cosmological models
- 8.1. Deduction and induction in modern cosmology
- 8.2. Cosmological models and free parameters : new epicycles?
- 8.3. Social dynamics of an N-cosmologist system
- 8.4. Optimism and conservatism
- 8.5. Pluralism
- 9. Cosmology and culture
- 9.1. The influence of religion
- 9.2. God, multiverse, or neither
- 9.3. Binggeli's Primum Mobile
- 9.4. Politics and the democratisation of cosmology
- 9.5. Anglo-Saxon cultural colonialism
- 9.6. Cosmology as cultural expression
- 10. Epilogue
- 10.1. Cosmology : science or myth?
- 10.2. Desiderata for broadened perspectives in cosmology
- 10.3. Some closing personal remarks.