Dierck-Ekkehard Liebscher (auth.)3540232613, 9783540232612
Cosmology deals with the current state of thinking about the basic questions at the center of the field of cosmology. More emphasis than usual is put on the connections to related domains of science, such as geometry, relativity, thermodynamics, particle physics, and – in particular – on the intrinsic connections between the different topics. The chapters are illustrated with many figures that are as exact as currently possible, e.g. in the case of geometry and relativity. Readers acquire a graduate-level knowledge of cosmology as it is required to understand the cosmological impact of their particular research topics, as well as an introduction into the current research in the field.
Table of contents :
Basics….Pages 1-23
Relativity….Pages 25-51
Expansion….Pages 53-77
Cosmometry….Pages 79-117
Matter and Radiation….Pages 119-142
Standard Synthesis….Pages 143-166
Inflation….Pages 167-188
Structure Formation in the Opaque Universe….Pages 189-213
Structure Formation in the Transparent Universe….Pages 215-242
Higher Dimensions….Pages 243-252
Topological Quasi-Particles….Pages 253-263
Quantum Cosmology….Pages 265-272
Machian Aspects….Pages 273-285
Anthropic Aspects….Pages 287-291
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