Liddle An Introduction to Modern Cosmology

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-72341-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

An Introduction to Modern Cosmology Third Edition is anaccessible account of modern cosmological ideas. The Big BangCosmology is explored, looking at its observational successes inexplaining the expansion of the Universe, the existence andproperties of the cosmic microwave background, and the origin oflight elements in the universe. Properties of the very earlyUniverse are also covered, including the motivation for a rapidperiod of expansion known as cosmological inflation. The thirdedition brings this established undergraduate textbook up-to-datewith the rapidly evolving observational situation.
This fully revised edition of a bestseller takes an approach whichis grounded in physics with a logical flow of chapters leading thereader from basic ideas of the expansion described by the Friedmanequations to some of the more advanced ideas about the earlyuniverse. It also incorporates up-to-date results from the Planckmission, which imaged the anisotropies of the Cosmic MicrowaveBackground radiation over the whole sky. The Advanced Topicsections present subjects with more detailed mathematicalapproaches to give greater depth to discussions. Student problemswith hints for solving them and numerical answers are embedded inthe chapters to facilitate the reader's understanding andlearning.
Cosmology is now part of the core in many degree programs. Thiscurrent, clear and concise introductory text is relevant to a widerange of astronomy programs worldwide and is essential reading forundergraduates and Masters students, as well as anyone startingresearch in cosmology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liddle, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Constants conversion factors and symbols.
1. A (Very) Brief History of Cosmological Ideas.
2. Observational Overview.
3. Newtonian Gravity.
4. The Geometry of the Universe.
5. Simple Cosmological Models.
6.Observational Parameters.
7. The Cosmological Constant.
8. The Age of the Universe.
9. The Density of the Universe and Dark Matter.
10. The Cosmic Microwave Background.
11. The Early Universe.
12. Nucleosynthesis: The Origin of the Light Elements.
13. The Inflationary Universe.
14. The Initial Singularity.
15. Overview: The Standard Cosmological Model.
Advanced Topic 1: General Relativistic Cosmology
Advanced Topic 2: Classic Cosmology: Distances andLuminosities.
Advanced Topic 3: Neutrino Cosmology.
Advanced Topic 4: Baryogenesis.
Advanced Topic 5: Structures in the Universe.
Bibliography.
Numerical answers and hints to problems.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Liddle is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Sussex. Research interests include the origin and evolution of structure in the universe and the relation between astronomical observations and the physics of the early universe.