Cosmology for physicists / by David Lyth.
By: Lyth, David [author.]
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Contributor(s): CRC Press.
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BookSeries: Series in astronomy and astrophysics: Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (180 pages) : 40 illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315368016; 9781498755337.Subject(s): CosmologyAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 523.1 Online resources: Click here to view. part SECTION I: Physics -- chapter 1 Particle physics -- chapter 2 Curved spacetime -- chapter 3 General Relativity -- part SECTION II: The Big Bang -- chapter 4 The present Universe -- chapter 5 A first look at the history -- chapter 6 Energy density of the Universe -- chapter 7 Thermal equilibrium -- chapter 8 Friedmann equation -- chapter 9 The geometry of the Universe -- chapter 10 Newtonian perturbations -- chapter 11 Relativistic perturbations -- chapter 12 Scalar perturbations -- chapter 13 Baryon acoustic oscillation -- chapter 14 CMB anisotropy -- chapter 15 Galaxy formation -- part SECTION III: Inflation -- chapter 16 Scalar fields: Classical theory -- chapter 17 Quantum theory of a free field -- chapter 18 Inflation -- chapter 19 Perturbations from inflation -- chapter 20 Prehistory of the Big Bang.
Written by an award-winning cosmologist, this brand new textbook provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with coverage of the very latest developments in the observational science of cosmology. The book is separated into three parts; part I covers particle physics and general relativity, part II explores an account of the known history of the universe, and part III studies inflation. Full treatment of the origin of structure, scalar fields, the cosmic microwave background and the early universe are provided.
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