Modern Cosmology, Third Edition provides a detailed introduction to the field of cosmology. Beginning with the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric, this trusted resource includes careful treatments of dark energy, big bang nucleosynthesis, recombination, and dark matter. The reader is then introduced to perturbations about an FLRW universe: their evolution with the Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their primordial generation by inflation, and their observational consequences: the acoustic peaks in the CMB; the E/B decomposition in polarization; gravitational lensing of the CMB and large-scale structure; and the BAO standard ruler and redshift-space distortions in galaxy clustering. This revised third edition includes updates such as new sections on gravitational waves, line intensity mapping, and emergent analysis techniques; expanded sections of CMB secondaries; and revised figures and pedagogy. These revisions serve to enhance a comprehensive foundational text, as well as provide users with improvements that are aligned with recent advances in the field, as well as modern focuses in the classroom. Offers a unique and practical approach for learning how to perform cosmological calculationsIncludes new material on theory, simulations, and analysis of nonlinear structuresContains substantial updates on new developments in cosmology since the second edition, including new content on gravitational waves, as well as a new section on emergent analysis techniques and improved pedagogy around figures and imagery INDICE: 1. The Concordance Model of Cosmology2. The Expanding Universe3. The Fundamental Equations of Cosmology4. The Origin of Species5. The Inhomogeneous Universe: Matter & Radiation6. The Inhomogeneous Universe: Gravity7. Initial Conditions8. Growth of Structure: Linear Theory9. The Cosmic Microwave Background10. The Polarized CMB11. Probes of Structure: Tracers12. Growth of Structure: Beyond Linear Theory13. Probes of Structure: Lensing14. Analysis and Inference
- ISBN: 978-0-443-28828-9
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 530
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2024
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés