Introduction to Cosmology

Höfundur: Barbara Ryden (Útgáfa: 2)
Introduction to Cosmology

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This second edition of Introduction to Cosmology is an exciting update of an award-winning textbook. It is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate students in physics and astronomy, but is also useful as a supplementary text at higher levels. It explains modern cosmological concepts, such as dark energy, in the context of the Big Bang theory. Its clear, lucid writing style, with a wealth of useful everyday analogies, makes it exceptionally engaging.

Emphasis is placed on the links between theoretical concepts of cosmology and the observable properties of the universe, building deeper physical insights in the reader. The second edition includes recent observational results, fuller descriptions of special and general relativity, expanded discussions of dark energy, and a new chapter on baryonic matter that makes up stars and galaxies. It is an ideal textbook for the era of precision cosmology in the accelerating universe.

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Útgefandi
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9781316889077
Print ISBN
9781107154834
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
2
Höfundar
Barbara Ryden
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2016-11-17
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10

Kaflar

  • Coverpage
  • Half Title
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Fundamental Observations
  • 2.1 The Night Sky is Dark
  • 2.2 The Universe is Isotropic and Homogeneous
  • 2.3 Redshift is Proportional to Distance
  • 2.4 Different Types of Particles
  • 2.5 Cosmic Microwave Background
  • Exercises
  • 3 Newton versus Einstein
  • 3.1 The Way of Newton
  • 3.2 The Special Way of Einstein
  • 3.3 The General Way of Einstein
  • 3.4 Describing Curvature
  • 3.5 The Robertson–Walker Metric
  • 3.6 Proper Distance
  • Exercises
  • 4 Cosmic Dynamics
  • 4.1 Einstein’s Field Equation
  • 4.2 The Friedmann Equation
  • 4.3 The Fluid and Acceleration Equations
  • 4.4 Equations of State
  • 4.5 Learning to Love Lambda
  • Exercises
  • 5 Model Universes
  • 5.1 Evolution of Energy Density
  • 5.2 Empty Universes
  • 5.3 Single-component Universes
  • 5.3.1 Matter only
  • 5.3.2 Radiation only
  • 5.3.3 Lambda only
  • 5.4 Multiple-component Universes
  • 5.4.1 Matter + Curvature
  • 5.4.2 Matter + Lambda
  • 5.4.3 Matter + Curvature + Lambda
  • 5.4.4 Radiation + Matter
  • 5.5 Benchmark Model
  • Exercises
  • 6 Measuring Cosmological Parameters
  • 6.1 “A Search for Two Numbers”
  • 6.2 Luminosity Distance
  • 6.3 Angular-diameter Distance
  • 6.4 Standard Candles and H[sub(0)]
  • 6.5 Standard Candles and Acceleration
  • Exercises
  • 7 Dark Matter
  • 7.1 Visible Matter
  • 7.2 Dark Matter in Galaxies
  • 7.3 Dark Matter in Clusters
  • 7.4 Gravitational Lensing
  • 7.5 What’s the Matter?
  • Exercises
  • 8 The Cosmic Microwave Background
  • 8.1 Observing the CMB
  • 8.2 Recombination and Decoupling
  • 8.3 The Physics of Recombination
  • 8.4 Temperature Fluctuations
  • 8.5 What Causes the Fluctuations?
  • Exercises
  • 9 Nucleosynthesis and the Early Universe
  • 9.1 Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
  • 9.2 Neutrons and Protons
  • 9.3 Deuterium Synthesis
  • 9.4 Beyond Deuterium
  • 9.5 Baryon–Antibaryon Asymmetry
  • Exercises
  • 10 Inflation and the Very Early Universe
  • 10.1 The Flatness Problem
  • 10.2 The Horizon Problem
  • 10.3 The Monopole Problem
  • 10.4 The Inflation Solution
  • 10.5 The Physics of Inflation
  • Exercises
  • 11 Structure Formation: Gravitational Instability
  • 11.1 The Matthew Effect
  • 11.2 The Jeans Length
  • 11.3 Instability in an Expanding Universe
  • 11.4 The Power Spectrum
  • 11.5 Hot versus Cold
  • 11.6 Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
  • Exercises
  • 12 Structure Formation: Baryons and Photons
  • 12.1 Baryonic Matter Today
  • 12.2 Reionization of Hydrogen
  • 12.3 The First Stars and Quasars
  • 12.4 Making Galaxies
  • 12.5 Making Stars
  • Exercises
  • Epilogue
  • Table of Useful Constants
  • Index