The Cosmic Microwave Background (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997)

edited by c. H. Lineweaver, J. G. Bartlett, A. Blanchard Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France M. Signore Ecole normale superieure, Paris, France and J. Silk Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, U. S. A. Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht / Boston / London Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division ISBN-13:978-94-010-6512-2 e-ISBN-13:978-94-009-0051-6 DOI:10. 107/ 978-94-009-0051-6 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1997 Dedication We dedicate these proceedings to the people who paid for it: taxpayers of the NATO alliance. Table of Contents PREFACE IX LIST OF PARTICIPANTS XI LISTOF CONTRIBUTORS Xlll I. Introduction, Mathematical Tools and Background An Introduction to CBR Studies: Spectrum, Degree-Scale Fluctuations, Foregrounds and Interferometry R. B. Partridge ElementsofGeneral Relativity, Cosmology and the Cosmic Microwave Background Jose L. Sanz 33 Statisticsand Random Functions in Astrophysics BernhardIT. Jones 67 Structure Formation Joseph Silk III II. eMB Anistropies CalculationofCosmic Background Radiation Anisotropies and Implications Emory F. Bunn 135 The CMB Anistropy Experiments: Cosmic Microwave Background George F. Smoot 185 viii III. CMB Spectrum The CMBR-Spectrum: ATheoretical Introduction Albert Stebbins 241 The CMB Spectrum George F. Smoot 271 IV. Astroparticle Physics Inflation and the Cosmic Background Radiation: What Every Cosmologist Needs to Know Michael S. Turner 309 Primordial Chemistry and Cosmic Background Radiation M. Signori, P. Encrenaz, R. MaoJi, B. Melchiorri, F. Melchiorri and D. Puy 345 The Cosmic Background Radiation and Elementary Particles Pierre Salati 365 V.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	NATO Science Series C, 502
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	1997
Editors:	C.H. Lineweaver • J. G. Bartlett • Alain Blanchard • M. Signore • J. Silk
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	449
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
ISBN-13:	978-9401065122
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	9401065128
Barcode:	9789401065122

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