Lecture Notes in Cosmology
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Cosmology has become a very active research field in the last decades thanks to the impressing improvement of our observational techniques which have led to landmark discoveries such as the accelerated expansion of the universe, and have put physicists in front of new mysteries to unveil, such as the quest after the nature of dark matter and dark energy. These notes offer an approach to cosmology, covering fundamental topics in the field: the expansion of the universe, the thermal history, the evolution of small cosmological perturbations and the anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation. Some extra topics are presented in the penultimate chapter and some standard results of physics and mathematics are available in the last chapter in order to provide a self-contained treatment. These notes offer an in-depth account of the above-mentioned topics and are aimed to graduate students who want to build an expertise in cosmology.
Provides an in-depth introduction to cosmology for beginners including open problems and very recent topics such as the synchronicity problem
Functional appendices contain the necessary physics background as a reminder to students making the book self-contained
Exercises in the text complete the derivations of the results, whose ideas and logical steps are carefully outlined
Provides an in-depth introduction to cosmology for beginners including open problems and very recent topics Functional appendices contain the necessary physics background as a reminder to students making the book self-contained Exercises in the text complete the derivations of the results, whose ideas and logical steps are carefully outlined
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Oliver Piattella
Themen in »Lecture Notes in Cosmology«
Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric Olbers's paradox Dark energy Dark matter Redshift Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric Conformal time Friedmann equations ACDM model De Sitter universe Comoving distance Lookback time Boltzmann equation Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis Thermal Relics
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“This wonderful book is full of pedagogical qualities. It provides an original and efficient approach to contemporary cosmology. … I warmly recommend this book to all students who want to build an expertise in cosmology.” (C. Gauthier, Mathematical Reviews, February, 2020)
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