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Modern Cosmology

Date: 21 Jan 2007, 19:52

0122191412, Pages: 464

Modern Cosmology begins with an introduction to the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a

Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric, including careful treatments of dark energy, big bang

nucleosynthesis, recombination, and dark matter. From this starting point, the reader is introduced to

perturbations about an FRW universe:
their evolution with the Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their generation by primordial inflation, and

their
observational consequences. These consequences include the anisotropy spectrum of the cosmic microwave
background (CMB) featuring acoustic peaks and polarization, the matter power spectrum with baryonic

wiggles, and their detection via photometric galaxy surveys, redshift distortions, cluster abundances,

and weak lensing. The book
concludes with a long chapter on data analysis. Modern Cosmology is the first book to explain in detail

the structure of the acoustic peaks in the CMB; the E/B decomposition in polarization which may allow

for detection of primordial gravity waves; and the modern analysis techniques used on increasingly

large cosmological data sets.
Readers will gain the tools needed to work in cosmology and will learn how modern observations are

rapidly revolutionizing our picture of the universe.

Table of Contents

1. The Standard Model and Beyond
2. The Smooth, Expanding Universe
3. Beyond Equilibrium
4. The Boltzmann Equations
5. Einstein Equations
6. Initial Conditions
7. Inhomogeneities
8. Anisotropies
9. Probes of Inhomogeneities
10. Weak Lensing and Polarization
11. Analysis
A. Solutions to Selected Problems
B. Symbols
C. Numbers
D. Special Functions
Bibliography

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