Cosmological Inflation and Large-Scale Structure

ISBN-13: 9780521575980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 416 str.

Andrew R. Liddle; David H. Lyth; David H. Lyth

Opis

Enormous progress has been made in inflationary cosmology in the past few years and this book is the first to provide a modern and unified overview of the subject. Coverage examines every aspect of inflationary cosmology and carefully compares predictions with the latest observations, including those of the cosmic microwave background, the clustering and velocities of galaxies and the epoch of structure formation. Problems are included throughout to help the student develop a thorough understanding. An ideal introduction to what promises to be one of the most fruitful topics of research in science in the next decade, this volume will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, theoretical physics and applied mathematics.

Recenzje

' … since I received the book to review it never has left my desk. Eventually I forgot I had promised to review it, but I actually used it nearly every day. Whether you're cramming for your exams, solving your first PhD problem in inflationary cosmology, or trying to find a way to outdo inflation this is an excellent book which I could not recommend more.' Joao Magueijo, General Relativity and Gravitation

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The hot Big Bang cosmology; 3. Inflation; 4. The simplest model for the origin of structure I; 5. The simplest model for the origin of structure II; 6. Extensions to the smplest model; 7. Scalar fields and the vacuum fluctuation; 8. Building and testing models of inflation; 9. The cosmic microwave background; 10. Galaxy motions and clustering; 11. The Quasi-Linear regime; 12. Putting observations together; 13. Outlook for the future; 14. Advanced topic: cosmological Perturbation theory; 15. Advanced topic: diffusion and free streaming; Index.