
An Introduction to Modern Cosmology
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Constants, conversion factors and symbols
- Chapter 1 A (Very) Brief History of Cosmological Ideas
- Chapter 2 Observational Overview
- 2.1 In visible light
- 2.2 In other wavebands
- 2.3 Homogeneity and isotropy
- 2.4 The expansion of the Universe
- 2.5 Particles in the Universe
- 2.5.1 What particles are there?
- 2.5.2 Thermal distributions and the black-body spectrum
- Chapter 3 Newtonian Gravity
- 3.1 The Friedmann equation
- 3.2 On the meaning of the expansion
- 3.3 Things that go faster than light
- 3.4 The fluid equation
- 3.5 The acceleration equation
- 3.6 On mass, energy and vanishing factors of c2
- Chapter 4 The Geometry of the Universe
- 4.1 Flat geometry
- 4.2 Spherical geometry
- 4.3 Hyperbolic geometry
- 4.4 Infinite and observable universes
- 4.5 Where did the Big Bang happen?
- 4.6 Three values of k
- Chapter 5 Simple Cosmological Models
- 5.1 Hubble's law
- 5.2 Expansion and redshift
- 5.3 Solving the equations
- 5.3.1 Matter
- 5.3.2 Radiation
- 5.3.3 Mixtures
- 5.4 Particle number densities
- 5.5 Evolution including curvature
- Chapter 6 Observational Parameters
- 6.1 The expansion rate H0
- 6.2 The density parameter O0
- 6.3 The deceleration parameter q0
- Chapter 7 The Cosmological Constant
- 7.1 Introducing ?
- 7.2 Fluid description of ?
- 7.3 Cosmological models with ?
- Chapter 8 The Age of the Universe
- Chapter 9 The Density of the Universe and Dark Matter
- 9.1 Weighing the Universe
- 9.1.1 Counting stars
- 9.1.2 Nucleosynthesis foreshadowed
- 9.1.3 Galaxy rotation curves
- 9.1.4 Galaxy cluster composition
- 9.1.5 The formation of structure
- 9.1.6 The geometry of the Universe and the brightness of supernovae
- 9.1.7 Overview
- 9.2 What might the dark matter be?
- 9.2.1 Fundamental particles
- 9.2.2 Compact objects
- 9.3 Dark matter searches
- Chapter 10 The Cosmic Microwave Background
- 10.1 Properties of the microwave background
- 10.2 The photon to baryon ratio
- 10.3 The origin of the microwave background
- 10.4 The origin of the microwave background (advanced)
- Chapter 11 The Early Universe
- Chapter 12 Nucleosynthesis: The Origin of the Light Elements
- 12.1 Hydrogen and helium
- 12.2 Comparing with observations
- 12.3 Contrasting decoupling and nucleosynthesis
- Chapter 13 The Inflationary Universe
- 13.1 Problems with the Hot Big Bang
- 13.1.1 The flatness problem
- 13.1.2 The horizon problem
- 13.1.3 Relic particle abundances
- 13.2 Inflationary expansion
- 13.3 Solving the Big Bang problems
- 13.3.1 The flatness problem
- 13.3.2 The horizon problem
- 13.3.3 Relic particle abundances
- 13.4 How much inflation?
- 13.5 Inflation and particle physics
- Chapter 14 The Initial Singularity
- Chapter 15 Overview: The Standard Cosmological Model
- Advanced Topic 1 General Relativistic Cosmology
- A1.1 The metric of space-time
- A1.2 The Einstein equations
- A1.3 Aside: Topology of the Universe
- Advanced Topic 2 Classic Cosmology: Distances and Luminosities
- A2.1 Light propagation and redshift
- A2.2 The observable Universe
- A2.3 Luminosity distance
- A2.4 Angular diameter distance
- A2.5 Source counts
- Advanced Topic 3 Neutrino Cosmology
- A3.1 The massless case
- A3.2 Massive neutrinos
- A3.2.1 Light neutrinos
- A3.2.2 Heavy neutrinos
- A3.3 Neutrinos and structure formation
- Advanced Topic 4 Baryogenesis
- Advanced Topic 5 Structures in the Universe
- A5.1 The observed structures
- A5.2 Gravitational instability
- A5.3 The clustering of galaxies
- A5.4 Cosmic microwave background anisotropies
- A5.4.1 Statistical description of anisotropies
- A5.4.2 Computing the Cl
- A5.4.3 Microwave background observations
- A5.4.4 Spatial geometry
- A5.5 The origin of structure
- Advanced Topic 6 Constraining cosmological models
- A6.1 Cosmological models and parameters
- A6.2 Key cosmological observations
- A6.3 Cosmological data analysis
- A6.4 The Standard Cosmological Model: 2014 edition
- A6.5 The future
- Bibliography
- Numerical Answers and Hints to Problems
- Index
- EULA
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