Cosmology
John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-471-95473-6 (ISBN)
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The question of how cosmic structures came into being has intrigued both experimentalists and theoreticians for many years. Recent spectacular breakthroughs, such as the discovery by the COBE satellite in 1992 of fluctuations in the temperature of the cosmic background, have both increased our understanding and accelerated the pace of research in this stimulating area. This volume presents a modern introduction to a complex subject, and attempts to form a bridge between introductory and advanced material. It is accessible to advanced undergraduates and beginning postgraduates, but also contains a wealth of material which will be of interest to established researchers.
PART I: Cosmological Methods; The Relativistic Universe; The Friedmann Models; Alternative Cosmologies: Past and Present; Observational Properties of the Universe. PART II: Evolution of the Big Bang Model; Physical Properties of the Hot Big Bang; The Big Bang and Quantum Gravity; Phase Transitions and Inflation; The Hadron and Lepton Eras; The Plasma Era. PART III: Structure Formation by Gravitational Instability; Introduction to Jeans; Jeans Instability in Friedmann Models; The Origin of Structure I: Baryons Only; The Origin of Structure II: Non-Baryonic Matter; Cosmological Perturbations; Non-Linear Evolution of Perturbations. PART IV: Observational Test; Statistics of Galaxy Clustering; The Cosmic Microwave Background; Peculiar Motions of Galaxies; The Post-Recombination Universe.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.3.1995 |
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| Zusatzinfo | illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Chichester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 865 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-471-95473-X / 047195473X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-95473-6 / 9780471954736 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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