This book explains the fundamental science and mathematics that has enabled cosmology to become the precise quantitative science it is today.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bernard J. T. Jones is Emeritus Professor in Astronomy at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Notation and conventions Part I. 100 Years of Cosmology: 1. Emerging cosmology 2. The cosmic expansion 3. The cosmic microwave background 4. Recent cosmology Part II. Newtonian Cosmology: 5. Newtonian cosmology 6. Dark energy cosmological models 7. The early universe 8. The inhomogeneous universe 9. The inflationary universe Part III. Relativistic Cosmology: 10. Minkowski space 11. The energy momentum tensor 12. General relativity 13. Space-time geometry and calculus 14. The Einstein field equations 15. Solutions of the Einstein equations 16. The Robertson-Walker solution 17. Congruences, curvature and Raychaudhuri 18. Observing and measuring the universe Part IV. The Physics of Matter and Radiation: 19. Physics of the CMB radiation 20. Recombination of the primeval plasma 21. CMB polarisation 22. CMB anisotropy Part V. Precision Tools for Precision Cosmology: 23. Likelihood 24. Frequentist hypothesis testing 25. Statistical inference: Bayesian 26. CMB data processing 27. Parametrising the universe 28. Precision cosmology 29. Epilogue Appendix A. SI, CGS and Planck units Appendix B. Magnitudes and distances Appendix C. Representing vectors and tensors Appendix D. The electromagnetic field Appendix E. Statistical distributions Appendix F. Functions on a sphere Appendix G. Acknowledgements References Index.
Preface Notation and conventions Part I. 100 Years of Cosmology: 1. Emerging cosmology 2. The cosmic expansion 3. The cosmic microwave background 4. Recent cosmology Part II. Newtonian Cosmology: 5. Newtonian cosmology 6. Dark energy cosmological models 7. The early universe 8. The inhomogeneous universe 9. The inflationary universe Part III. Relativistic Cosmology: 10. Minkowski space 11. The energy momentum tensor 12. General relativity 13. Space-time geometry and calculus 14. The Einstein field equations 15. Solutions of the Einstein equations 16. The Robertson-Walker solution 17. Congruences, curvature and Raychaudhuri 18. Observing and measuring the universe Part IV. The Physics of Matter and Radiation: 19. Physics of the CMB radiation 20. Recombination of the primeval plasma 21. CMB polarisation 22. CMB anisotropy Part V. Precision Tools for Precision Cosmology: 23. Likelihood 24. Frequentist hypothesis testing 25. Statistical inference: Bayesian 26. CMB data processing 27. Parametrising the universe 28. Precision cosmology 29. Epilogue Appendix A. SI, CGS and Planck units Appendix B. Magnitudes and distances Appendix C. Representing vectors and tensors Appendix D. The electromagnetic field Appendix E. Statistical distributions Appendix F. Functions on a sphere Appendix G. Acknowledgements References Index.
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