Cosmology
The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure
2. Edition May 2002
XX, 492 Pages, Hardcover
Textbook
Short Description
This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title, concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation.
New to this edition:
* An overall introduction to the book
* Two new chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves
* Each part has a collection of exercises with solutions to numerical parts at the end of the book
* Contains a table of physical constants
* The addition of a consolidated bibilography
This widely recognised text is suitable for both advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The new edition contains two additional chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves. It also includes problems, offering the reader more assistance in comprehending the material.
Introduction.
PART 1: COSMOLOGICAL MODELS.
First Principles.
The Friedmann Models.
Alternative Cosmologies.
Observational Properties of the Universe.
PART 2: THE HOT BIG BANG MODEL.
Thermal History of the Hot Big Bang Model.
The Very Early Universe.
Phase Transitions and Inflation.
The Lepton Era.
The Plasma Era.
PART 3: THEORY OF STRUCTURE FORMATION.
Introduction to Jeans Theory.
Gravitational Instability of Baryonic Matter.
Non-Baryonic Matter.
Cosmological Perturbations.
Non-Linear Evolution.
Models of Structure Formation
PART 4: OBSERVATIONAL TESTS.
Statistics of Galaxy Clustering.
The Cosmic Microwave Background.
Peculiar Motions of Galaxies.
Gravitational Lensing.
The High-Redshift Universe.
A Forward Look.
Appendices
References.
Index.
