Modern Cosmology

di Scott Dodelson (Autore)

Fabian Schmidt (Autore)

Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, 2025

Modern Cosmology, Third Edition provides a detailed introduction to the field of cosmology. Beginning with the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric, this trusted resource includes careful treatments of dark energy, big bang nucleosynthesis, recombination, and dark matter. The reader is then introduced to perturbations about an FLRW universe: their evolution with the Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their primordial generation by inflation, and their observational consequences: the acoustic peaks in the CMB; the E/B decomposition in polarization; gravitational lensing of the CMB and large-scale structure; and the BAO standard ruler and redshift-space distortions in galaxy clustering. This revised third edition includes updates such as new sections on gravitational waves, line intensity mapping, and emergent analysis techniques; expanded sections of CMB secondaries; and revised figures and pedagogy. These revisions serve to enhance a comprehensive foundational text, as well as provide users with improvements that are aligned with recent advances in the field, as well as modern focuses in the classroom.

• Autore: Scott Dodelson, Fabian Schmidt
• Editore: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 520 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 191 mm
• Peso: 780 gr.
• EAN: 9780443288289

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