Cosmology
The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure
2nd Edition
Published on 30. May 2002
Book
Hardback
XX, 492 pages
978-0-471-48909-2 (ISBN)
Description
The new edition contains two additional chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves. It also includes problems, offering the reader more assistance in comprehending the material.
More details
Edition
2. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
1089 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-48909-2 (9780471489092)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
03/1995
Wiley
€43.27
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Persons
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.
Content
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.