The Cosmic Microwave Background

ISBN-13: 9781107135222 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 500 str.

Ruth (Universite de Geneve) Durrer

Opis

This graduate textbook describes the physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background, arguably the most important topic in modern cosmology.

Spis treści

1. The homogeneous and isotropic universe; 2. Perturbation theory; 3. Initial conditions; 4. CMB anisotropies; 5. CMB polarization and the total angular momentum approach; 6. Non-Gaussianities; 7. Lensing and the CMB; 8. Observations of large scale structure; 9. Cosmological parameter estimation; 10. The frequency spectrum of the CMB.