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Cosmology : the origin and evolution of cosmic structure
Title:
Cosmology : the origin and evolution of cosmic structure
ISBN:
9780471954736
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Publication Information New:
Chichester ; New York : John Wiley, 1995.
Physical Description:
xviii, 449 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
The relativistic universe -- The Friedmann models -- Alternative cosmologies : past and present -- Observational properties of the universe -- Physical properties of the Hot Big Bang -- The Big Bang and quantum gravity -- Phase transitions and inflation -- The hadron and lepton eras -- The plasma era -- Introduction to Jeans theory -- Jeans instability in Friedmann models -- The origin of structure I : baryons only -- The origin of structure II : non-baryonic matter -- Cosmological perturbations -- Non-linear evolution of perturbations -- Statistics of galaxy clustering -- The cosmic microwave background -- Peculiar motions of galaxies -- The post-recombination universe.
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Language:
English