Modern Cosmology (3rd Ed.)
Auteurs : Dodelson Scott, Schmidt Fabian
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. Modern Cosmology, Third Edition, builds on how modern observations are rapidly revolutionizing our understanding of the universe, and supplies readers with all the tools needed to effectively work in cosmology.
2. The Expanding Universe
3. The Fundamental Equations of Cosmology
4. The Origin of Species
5. The Inhomogeneous Universe: Matter & Radiation
6. The Inhomogeneous Universe: Gravity
7. Initial Conditions
8. Growth of Structure: Linear Theory
9. The Cosmic Microwave Background
10. The Polarized CMB
11. Probes of Structure: Tracers
12. Growth of Structure: Beyond Linear Theory
13. Probes of Structure: Lensing
14. Analysis and Inference
Fabian Schmidt is a research group leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA) in Garching, Germany. He obtained his Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Chicago in 2009, and moved to MPA after fellowships at Caltech and Princeton. His work in cosmology (approximately 100 papers so far) focuses on theory, numerics, and analysis of quasilinear and nonlinear large-scale structure, and how we can learn from it about gravity, dark energy, and the physics of inflation.
- Offers a unique and practical approach for learning how to perform cosmological calculations
- New material on theory, simulations, and analysis of nonlinear structure
- Substantial updates on new developments in cosmology since the second edition, including new content on gravitational waves, as well as a new section on emergent analysis techniques and improved pedagogy around figures and imagery
- Contains over 100 exercises for students, with solutions
Date de parution : 11-2024
Ouvrage de 530 p.
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Physics; cosmology; universe; theory; ?graduate; astronomy; astrophysics; calculations