Physics of the cosmic microwave background / Pavel D. Naselsky, Dmitry I. Novikov and Igor D. Novikov.
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- 9780521855501 (hbk.)
- 523.01875344 23 N246
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523.016 P526 Changing universe | 523.016 Sh558 Cosmic radio waves | 523.016 Sm642 Radio exploration of the planetary system | 523.01875344 N246 Physics of the cosmic microwave background / | 523.01875344 P275 3K: cosmic microwave background radiation | 523.0188 K93 Cosmic magnetic fields / | 523.01886 D961 Fluid dynamics and dynamos in astrophysics and geophysics |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Observational foundations of modern cosmology --
2. Kinetics of electromagnetic radiation in a uniform universe --
3. The ionization history of the universe --
4. Primordial CMB and small perturbations of uniform cosmological model --
5. Primary anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background --
6. Primordial polarization of the cosmic microwave background --
7. Statistical properties of random fields of anisotropy and polarization in the CMB --
8. The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) --
9. The 'Planckian era' in the study of anisotropy and polarization of the CMB --
10. Conclusion --
References --
Index.
This book have played an important role in establishing this new 'standard model' of cosmology … timely and authoritative … Following a thorough and accessible introduction to the observational foundations of modern cosmology, the authors provide a comprehensive account of radiative transfer in a homogenous universe, in particular the interaction of photons with an electron plasma and the ionization history of the universe. These topics are covered in impressive depth while retaining clear physical insight. Particularly pleasing is the subsequent detailed account of the evolution of perturbations from both the Newtonian and General Relativistic viewpoints. … The last topic naturally leads on to an excellent pedagogical chapter that forms the heart of the book, namely the physics underlying the generation of primary anisotropies in the CMB.
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