|
Showing 1 - 4 of
4 matches in All Departments
This book aims at giving the basis of primordial cosmology. The
book is self-contained in the sense that all the elements for the
derivations of the presented results are given. It can be used as a
textbook to study cosmology. It is divided into 3 parts. Part 1
summarizes the fundamentals in theoretical physics needed in
cosmology (general relativity, field theory, particle physics).
Part 2 describes the standard model of cosmology and includes
cosmological solutions of Einstein equations, hot big bang model,
cosmological perturbation theory, cosmic microwave background
anisotropies, lensing and evidences for dark matter, and inflation.
Part 3 describes extensions of this model and opens up to today's
research in the field: scalar-tensor theories, supersymetry, the
cosmological constant problem and acceleration of the universe,
topology of the universe, grand unification and baryogenesis,
topological defects and phase transitions, string inspired
cosmology including branes and latest developments. The book
provides details of all derivations and leads the student up to the
level of research articles.
This book provides an extensive survey of all the physics necessary
to understand the current developments in the field of fundamental
cosmology, as well as an overview of the observational data and
methods. It will help students to get into research by providing
definitions and main techniques and ideas discussed today. The book
is divided into three parts. Part 1 summarises the fundamentals in
theoretical physics needed in cosmology (general relativity, field
theory, particle physics). Part 2 describes the standard model of
cosmology and includes cosmological solutions of Einstein
equations, the hot big bang model, cosmological perturbation
theory, cosmic microwave background anisotropies, lensing and
evidence for dark matter, and inflation. Part 3 describes
extensions of this model and opens up current research in the
field: scalar-tensor theories, supersymmetry, the cosmological
constant problem and acceleration of the universe, topology of the
universe, grand unification and baryogenesis, topological defects
and phase transitions, string inspired cosmology including branes
and the latest developments. The book provides details of all
derivations and leads the student up to the level of research
articles.
This comprehensive textbook on relativity integrates Newtonian
physics, special relativity and general relativity into a single
book that emphasizes the deep underlying principles common to them
all, yet explains how they are applied in different ways in these
three contexts. Newton's ideas about how to represent space and
time, his laws of dynamics, and his theory of gravitation
established the conceptual foundation from which modern physics
developed. Book I in this volume offers undergraduates a modern
view of Newtonian theory, emphasizing those aspects needed for
understanding quantum and relativistic contemporary physics. In
1905, Albert Einstein proposed a novel representation of space and
time, special relativity. Book II presents relativistic dynamics in
inertial and accelerated frames, as well as a detailed overview of
Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. This provides undergraduate
and graduate students with the background necessary for studying
particle and accelerator physics, astrophysics and Einstein's
theory of general relativity. In 1915, Einstein proposed a new
theory of gravitation, general relativity. Book III in this volume
develops the geometrical framework in which Einstein's equations
are formulated, and presents several key applications: black holes,
gravitational radiation, and cosmology, which will prepare graduate
students to carry out research in relativistic astrophysics,
gravitational wave astronomy, and cosmology.
|
You may like...
Operation Joktan
Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn
Paperback
(1)
R250
R185
Discovery Miles 1 850
|