Viatcheslav Mukhanov0521563984, 9780521563987, 9780511136795
Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
PHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COSMOLOGY……Page 2
Title: PHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COSMOLOGY……Page 4
isbn 0521563984……Page 5
PartI Homogeneous isotropic universe……Page 6
Part II Inhomogeneous universe……Page 8
Foreword by Professor Andrei Linde……Page 12
Preface……Page 15
Acknowledgements……Page 17
Units and conventions……Page 18
Example 2……Page 19
Part I Homogeneous isotropic universe……Page 22
1 Kinematics and dynamics of an expanding universe……Page 24
1.1 Hubble law……Page 25
Problem 1.1……Page 27
Problem 1.2……Page 28
1.2 Dynamics of dust in Newtonian cosmology……Page 29
Problem 1.5……Page 33
1.3 From Newtonian to relativistic cosmology……Page 34
Problem 1.8……Page 37
Problem 1.9……Page 38
Problem 1.10……Page 40
Problem 1.11……Page 42
Problem 1.12……Page 43
Problem 1.14……Page 45
Problem 1.16……Page 46
Problem 1.18……Page 48
Problem 1.20……Page 56
Problem 1.23……Page 57
2.1 Light geodesics……Page 58
2.2 Horizons……Page 59
Problem 2.3……Page 60
2.3 Conformal diagrams……Page 62
Problem 2.6……Page 67
Problem 2.7……Page 69
Problem 2.9……Page 71
Problem 2.10……Page 73
Problem 2.12……Page 75
2.4 Redshift……Page 76
Problem 2.13……Page 78
2.5 Kinematic tests……Page 81
Problem 2.15……Page 87
3.1 The composition of the universe……Page 90
Problem 3.1……Page 91
Problem 3.2……Page 92
3.2 Brief thermal history……Page 93
3.3 Rudiments of thermodynamics……Page 95
Problem 3.5……Page 99
Problem 3.6……Page 100
Problem 3.7……Page 103
Problem 3.8……Page 104
Problem 3.9……Page 105
Problem 3.10……Page 107
Problem 3.11……Page 109
3.4 Lepton era……Page 110
Problem 3.12……Page 114
3.5 Nucleosynthesis……Page 118
Problem 3.15……Page 122
Problem 3.16……Page 124
Problem 3.17……Page 126
Problem 3.18……Page 128
Problem 3.19……Page 130
Problem 3.20……Page 136
Problem 3.22……Page 139
3.6 Recombination……Page 141
Problem 3.24……Page 143
Problem 3.25……Page 147
Problem 3.27……Page 150
4 The very early universe……Page 152
4.1 Basics……Page 153
¯……Page 156
F……Page 157
U……Page 158
F……Page 159
Problem 4.5……Page 162
Problem 4.6……Page 164
Problem 4.7……Page 165
Problem 4.8……Page 166
Problem 4.10……Page 170
4.3 Electroweak theory……Page 171
U……Page 172
UψL,……Page 173
1)……Page 174
D……Page 175
G……Page 176
Problem 4.12……Page 177
Problem 4.13……Page 178
¯……Page 179
Problem 4.14……Page 181
¯……Page 182
Qi……Page 183
Problem 4.15……Page 185
x,……Page 186
y)……Page 187
k…….Page 188
x)……Page 189
Problem 4.18……Page 190
1)……Page 191
Problem 4.19……Page 192
Problem 4.20……Page 193
Problem 4.22……Page 198
4.5 Instantons, sphalerons and the early universe……Page 201
q……Page 205
x)……Page 206
x2……Page 207
x|……Page 208
x…….Page 209
Problem 4.24……Page 210
F……Page 211
U……Page 212
U……Page 213
F ˜ F……Page 214
˜ F…….Page 215
F ˜ F……Page 218
4.6 Beyond the Standard Model……Page 220
Problem 4.29……Page 221
QN……Page 223
Problem 4.30……Page 226
Problem 4.31……Page 228
F ˜ F……Page 230
Problem 4.32……Page 232
¯ L……Page 234
Problem 4.33……Page 239
Bd2……Page 241
Problem 4.34……Page 244
5.1 Problem of initial conditions……Page 247
Problem 5.1……Page 249
5.2 Inflation: main idea……Page 250
Problem 5.2……Page 253
5.3 How can gravity become “repulsive”?……Page 254
Problem 5.5……Page 256
Problem 5.6……Page 259
Problem 5.8……Page 263
5.5 Preheating and reheating……Page 264
Problem 5.10……Page 266
Problem 5.11……Page 268
Problem 5.12……Page 269
Problem 5.13……Page 274
Problem 5.14……Page 276
5.6 “Menu” of scenarios……Page 277
Problem 5.15……Page 278
Problem 5.17……Page 279
Part II Inhomogeneous universe……Page 284
6 Gravitational instability in Newtonian theory……Page 286
6.1 Basic equations……Page 287
6.2 Jeans theory……Page 288
Problem 6.1……Page 291
6.3 Instability in an expanding universe……Page 292
Problem 6.2……Page 294
Problem 6.3……Page 295
Problem 6.4……Page 296
Problem 6.5……Page 298
Problem 6.6……Page 299
6.4 Beyond linear approximation……Page 300
Problem 6.7……Page 302
Problem 6.8……Page 303
Problem 6.10……Page 304
Problem 6.11……Page 305
7 Gravitational instability in General Relativity……Page 310
7.1 Perturbations and gauge-invariant variables……Page 311
Problem 7.1……Page 314
Problem 7.2……Page 315
Problem 7.3……Page 317
Problem 7.4……Page 318
Problem 7.6……Page 319
7.3 Hydrodynamical perturbations……Page 320
Problem 7.9……Page 322
Problem 7.10……Page 324
Problem 7.11……Page 326
Problem 7.13……Page 327
Problem 7.14……Page 329
7.4 Baryon–radiation plasma and cold dark matter……Page 331
Problem 7.16……Page 333
Problem 7.17……Page 338
Problem 7.18……Page 339
Problem 7.20……Page 341
8 Inflation II: origin of the primordial inhomogeneities……Page 343
8.1 Characterizing perturbations……Page 344
Problem 8.2……Page 345
8.2 Perturbations on inflation (slow-roll approximation)……Page 346
Problem 8.3……Page 347
Problem 8.6……Page 353
8.3 Quantum cosmological perturbations……Page 355
Problem 8.8……Page 360
Problem 8.10……Page 362
Problem 8.11……Page 363
Problem 8.12……Page 366
Problem 8.13……Page 367
Problem 8.14……Page 368
Problem 8.15……Page 369
8.5 Self-reproduction of the universe……Page 373
8.6 Inflation as a theory with predictive power……Page 375
9 Cosmic microwave background anisotropies……Page 377
9.1 Basics……Page 378
Problem 9.1……Page 379
9.2 Sachs–Wolfe effect……Page 381
Problem 9.2……Page 383
9.3 Initial conditions……Page 384
9.4 Correlation function and multipoles……Page 386
9.5 Anisotropies on large angular scales……Page 388
9.6 Delayed recombination and the finite thickness effect……Page 390
Problem 9.6……Page 393
Problem 9.8……Page 394
9.7 Anisotropies on small angular scales……Page 395
Problem 9.10……Page 401
Problem 9.11……Page 402
Problem 9.12……Page 403
Problem 9.13……Page 404
9.8 Determining cosmic parameters……Page 406
Problem 9.14……Page 411
9.9 Gravitational waves……Page 412
Problem 9.15……Page 414
Problem 9.17……Page 415
9.10 Polarization of the cosmic microwave background……Page 416
Problem 9.18……Page 418
Problem 9.19……Page 419
Problem 9.20……Page 420
Problem 9.21……Page 421
Problem 9.22……Page 424
Problem 9.23……Page 425
Problem 9.24……Page 426
9.11 Reionization……Page 428
Expanding universe (Chapters 1 and 2)……Page 431
Hot universe and nucleosynthesis (Chapter 3)……Page 432
Particle physics and early universe (Chapter 4)……Page 433
Inflation (Chapters 5 and 8)……Page 435
Gravitational instability (Chapters 6 and 7)……Page 437
CMB fluctuations (Chapter 9)……Page 438
Index (with page links)……Page 440
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