The book is aimed at astrophysics students and professional physicists who wish to understand the basics of cosmology and general relativity as well as theobservational foundations of the LamdaCDM model of the Universe. The book provides an self-contained introduction to general relativity that is based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. The simplicity of this spaceallows general relativity to be presented in a very elementary manner while laying the foundation for the treatment of more complicated problems. The new edition presents the most recent observations, including those of CMB anisotropies by WMAP and of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations by SDSS. Future observational and theoretical challenges for the understanding of dark energy and dark matter are discussed. INDICE: Introduction.- Observational Cosmology.- Coordinates and Metrics.-The Field Equations.- Friedmannology.- The Thermal History of the Universe.- Structure Formation.- Exercises.- Lorentz Vectors and Tensors.- Natural Units.- Standard Particles and Beyond.- Magnitudes.- Solutions and Hints for Selected Exercises.- Useful Formulas and Numbers.- References.- Index.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-02799-4
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 332
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés