A self-contained introduction to general relativity that is based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. Emphasis is placed on estimations of the densities of matter and vacuum energy, and on investigations of the primordial density fluctuations and the nature of dark matter.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1.1 The Composition of the Universe
- 1.1.1 The Visible Universe: Galaxies
- 1.1.2 Baryons
- 1.1.3 Cold Dark Matter
- 1.1.4 Photons
- 1.1.5 Neutrinos
- 1.1.6 The Vacuum
- 1.2 The Evolution of the Universe
- 1.2.1 The Scale Factor a(t)
- 1.2.2 Gravitation and the Friedmann Equation
- 1.2.3 Open and Closed Universes
- 1.2.4 The Evolution of the Temperature
- 1.2.5 An Improved Friedmann Equation
- 1.2.6 The Evolution of the ?s and Structure Formation
- 1.2.7 The Standard Scenario
- 1.3 Open Questions
- Exercises
- 2. Observational Cosmology
- 2.1 Stars and Quasi-stars
- 2.2 Galaxies
- 2.3 Galaxy Clusters
- 2.4 Dark Matter
- 2.4.1 Wimps
- 2.4.2 Axions
- 2.4.3 Baryonic Dark Matter
- 2.5 The Cosmological Parameters
- Exercises
Readership:
Advanced undergraduates and graduats in physics
Springer Berlin, 2001, 308 S.
53,45 Euro
Hardcover, w. 98 figs
ISBN: 978-3-540-41350-9
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