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1 online resource (xiii, 440 pages) : illustrations |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-434) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Standard Model and Beyond -- 2. The Smooth, Expanding Universe -- 3. Beyond Equilibrium -- 4. The Boltzmann Equations -- 5. Einstein Equations -- 6. Initial Conditions -- 7. Inhomogeneities -- 8. Anisotropies -- 9. Probes of Inhomogeneities -- 10. Weak Lensing and Polarization -- 11. Analysis -- A. Solutions to Selected Problems -- B. Symbols -- C. Numbers -- D. Special Functions -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
"Modern Cosmology begins with an introduction to the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric, including careful treatments of dark energy, big bang nucleosynthesis, recombination, and dark matter. From this starting point, the reader is introduced to perturbations about an FRW universe: their evolution with the Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their generation by primordial inflation, and their observational consequences. These consequences include the anisotropy spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) featuring acoustic peaks and polarization, the matter power spectrum with baryonic wiggles, and their detection via photometric galaxy surveys, redshift distortions, cluster abundances, and weak lensing. The book concludes with a long chapter on data analysis. Modern Cosmology is the first book to explain in detail the structure of the acoustic peaks in the CMB, the E/B decomposition in polarization which may allow for detection of primordial gravity waves, and the modern analysis techniques used on increasingly large cosmological data sets. Readers will gain the tools needed to work in cosmology and learn how modern observations are rapidly revolutionizing our picture of the universe. Provides foundations, calculations, and interpretations which illuminate current thinking in cosmology; covers the major advances in cosmology over the past decade; includes over 100 unique, pedagogical figures" --Provided by publisher |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Cosmology.
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Cosmologie.
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cosmology.
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SCIENCE -- Cosmology.
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Cosmology
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Kosmologie.
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dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dodelson, Scott. Modern cosmology. San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, ©2003 0122191412 9780122191411 (DLC) 2002117793 (OCoLC)50271486 |
| ISBN |
9780080511979 (electronic book) |
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008051197X (electronic book) |
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9781281036247 |
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1281036242 |
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9780122191411 (cloth) |
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0122191412 (cloth) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000048129964 |
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AU@ 000051563310 |
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AU@ 000066758375 |
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CHDSB 005988929 |
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DEBBG BV042311012 |
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DEBBG BV043044581 |
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DEBBG BV044126762 |
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DEBSZ 277453453 |
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DEBSZ 422179345 |
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DEBSZ 430436963 |
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DEBSZ 449103684 |
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NLGGC 380876817 |
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NZ1 12434079 |
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NZ1 14540392 |
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