Author : J. A. Peacock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 24,48 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521422703
A comprehensive and authoritative introduction to contemporary cosmology for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
Author : Ruth Durrer
Publisher :
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Cosmic background radiation
ISBN : 9781107175624
Graduate textbook examining the theory of the cosmic microwave background and its recent progress.
Author : Elise Jennings
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2012-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642293395
A major outstanding problem in physics is understanding the nature of the dark energy that is driving the accelerating expansion of the Universe. This thesis makes a significant contribution by demonstrating, for the first time, using state-of-the-art computer simulations, that the interpretation of future galaxy survey measurements is far more subtle than is widely assumed, and that a major revision to our models of these effects is urgently needed. The work contained in the thesis was used by the WiggleZ dark energy survey to measure the growth rate of cosmic structure in 2011 and had a direct impact on the design of the surveys to be conducted by the European Space Agency's Euclid mission, a 650 million euro project to measure dark energy.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN :
Author : George F. R. Ellis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521381150
Surveying key developments and open issues in cosmology for graduate students and researchers, this book focuses on the general concepts and relations that underpin the standard model of the Universe. It also examines anisotropic and inhomogeneous models, and deeper issues, such as quantum cosmology and the multiverse proposal.
Author : Alexandre Barreira
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319336967
This unique thesis covers all aspects of theories of gravity beyond Einstein’s General Relativity, from setting up the equations that describe the evolution of perturbations, to determining the best-fitting parameters using constraints like the microwave background radiation, and ultimately to the later stages of structure formation using state-of-the-art N-body simulations and comparing them to observations of galaxies, clusters and other large-scale structures. This truly ground-breaking work puts the study of modified gravity models on the same footing as the standard model of cosmology. Since the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe, marked by the awarding of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, there has been a growing interest in understanding what drives that acceleration. One possible explanation lies in theories of gravity beyond Einstein’s General Relativity. This thesis addresses all aspects of the problem, an approach that is crucial to avoiding potentially catastrophic biases in the interpretation of upcoming observational missions.
Author : Julien Lesgourgues
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 110701395X
A self-contained guide to the role played by neutrinos in the Universe and how their properties influence cosmological and astrophysical observations.
Author : Gianpaolo Bellini
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 1614991723
This book contains chapters based on 9 of the lectures delivered at the Enrico Fermi School of Physics Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, held from 25 of July to 5 August 2011. The event was organized by the Italian Physical Society SIF jointly with the International School of Astro-particle Physics ISAPP, a network whose aim is to build up an astro-particle community of both astrophysicists and particle physicists.Included are chapters on Neutrino oscillation physics B. Kayser Double-beta decay E. Fiorini Light neutrinos in cosmology S. Pastor Neutrinos and the stars G.G. Raffelt High energy neutrinos and
Author : S. Maurogordato
Publisher : Atlantica Séguier Frontières
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 18,61 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Galaxies
ISBN : 9782863321898
Author : A. Cooray
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 25,92 MB
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1614994765
Our understanding of the universe has been revolutionized by observations of the cosmic microwave background, the large-scale structure of the universe, and distant supernovae. These studies have shown that we are living in a strange universe: 96% of the present day energy density of the universe is dominated by so-called dark matter and dark energy. But we still do not know what dark matter and dark energy actually are. This book presents lectures from the 186th Course in the Enrico Fermi International School of Physics entitled New Horizons for Observational Cosmology, held in Varenna, Italy, in July 2013. Topics covered at this school included: cosmic microwave background anisotropies; galaxy clustering; weak lensing; dark energy; dark matter; inflation; modified gravity; neutrino physics; reionization; galaxy formation; and first stars. The anticipated release of Planck data at the end of 2014 will provide a more complete view of temperature anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background, and the reporting of other important results is also expected soon. These new data will undoubtedly address fundamental questions about the universe. This book prepares the ground for future work which may answer some of these exciting questions.
