Cosmology

The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure

Prof Peter Coles, Francesco Lucchin (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

512 Seiten

2002 | 2nd edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-48909-2 (ISBN)

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This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title, concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation.

This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title on this fascinating and complex subject. Concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation, the new features of the this addition include:

An overall introduction to the book
Two new chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves
Each part has a collection of exercises with solutions to numerical parts at the end of the book
Contains a table of physical constants
The addition of a consolidated bibilography

Peter Coles is a theoretical cosmologist at Cardiff University and Maynooth University. He was formerly the head of the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sussex. Francesco Lucchin is the author of Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Preface.

Introduction.

PART 1: COSMOLOGICAL MODELS.

First Principles.

The Friedmann Models.

Alternative Cosmologies.

Observational Properties of the Universe.

PART 2: THE HOT BIG BANG MODEL.

Thermal History of the Hot Big Bang Model.

The Very Early Universe.

Phase Transitions and Inflation.

The Lepton Era.

The Plasma Era.

PART 3: THEORY OF STRUCTURE FORMATION.

Introduction to Jeans Theory.

Gravitational Instability of Baryonic Matter.

Non-Baryonic Matter.

Cosmological Perturbations.

Non-Linear Evolution.

Models of Structure Formation

PART 4: OBSERVATIONAL TESTS.

Statistics of Galaxy Clustering.

The Cosmic Microwave Background.

Peculiar Motions of Galaxies.

Gravitational Lensing.

The High-Redshift Universe.

A Forward Look.

Appendices

References.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.5.2002
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 247 mm
Gewicht	1021 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-471-48909-3 / 0471489093
ISBN-13	978-0-471-48909-2 / 9780471489092
Zustand	Neuware