Cosmology and the Early Universe

ISBN-13: 9780367571702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 243 str.

Pasquale Di Bari

Opis

This book discusses cosmology from both an observational and a strong theoretical perspective. Readers will gain a comprehensive account of cosmology and the latest observational results, without requiring prior knowledge of relativistic theories, making the text ideal for students.

Spis treści

Section I: Cosmology. Chapter 1: Historical breakthroughs. Chapter 2: Fundamental observations. Chapter 3: A Newtonian Cosmology?. Chapter 4: From Classical Mechanics to Relativistic Theories. Chapter 5: Geometry of the universe. Chapter 6: Dynamics of the universe. Chapter 7: Building a cosmological model. Chapter 8: The cosmological constant. Chapter 9: Age of the universe. Chapter 10: Expansion history of the universe. Chapter 11: Matter. Section II: The early universe. Chapter 12: The cosmic microwave background. Chapter 13: Radiation-dominated regime. Chapter 14: Big Bang nucleosynthesis. Chapter 15: Inflation. Chapter 16: ACDM model and cosmological puzzles. Chapter 17: Dark matter

O autorze

Pasquale Di Bari is a Professor at the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK.