A Primer On The Physics Of The Cosmic Microwave Background - Couverture rigide

Giovannini, Massimo

 
9789812791429: A Primer On The Physics Of The Cosmic Microwave Background
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9812791426 ISBN 13 : 9789812791429
Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

In the last fifteen years, various areas of high energy physics, astrophysics and theoretical physics have converged on the study of cosmology so that any graduate student in these disciplines today needs a reasonably self-contained introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). This book presents the essential theoretical tools necessary to acquire a modern working knowledge of CMB physics. The style of the book, falling somewhere between a monograph and a set of lecture notes, is pedagogical and the author uses the typical approach of theoretical physics to explain the main problems in detail, touching on the main assumptions and derivations of a fascinating subject.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the last fifteen years, various areas of high energy physics, astrophysics and theoretical physics have converged on the study of cosmology so that any graduate student in these disciplines today needs a reasonably self-contained introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). This book presents the essential theoretical tools necessary to acquire a modern working knowledge of CMB physics. The style of the book, falling somewhere between a monograph and a set of lecture notes, is pedagogical and the author uses the typical approach of theoretical physics to explain the main problems in detail, touching on the main assumptions and derivations of a fascinating subject.

Revue de presse

The author's extended treatment is particularly useful for those who will need to plow through massive amounts of published literature ... the book is anchored in the inflationary model of the universe and illustrates the important link between the theory of inflation and the theory of CMB fluctuations ... the formalism yields equations that are closer to those used in standard numerical codes. --Physics Today

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Éditeur
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9812791426
ISBN 13 
9789812791429
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
488
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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