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 perturbations...
Clasificación: | QB981 D6.23 |
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Formato: | Libro |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, Calif. :
Academic Press,
2003.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.