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This book serves as an ideal text for graduate level courses on astrophysical cosmology and is also highly appreciated as a reference source for professional astrophysicist and cosmologists.
This book serves as an ideal text for graduate level courses on astrophysical cosmology and is also highly appreciated as a reference source for professional astrophysicist and cosmologists.
Malcolm Longair, CBE, FRS, FRSE is Jacksonian Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy and Director of Development, Cavendish Laboratory. He has held many highly respected positions within the fields of physics and astronomy. He was appointed the ninth Astronomer Royal of Scotland in 1980, as well as the Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, and the Director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. He was head of the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of Cambridge University, from 1997 to 2005. He has served on and chaired many international committees, boards and panels, working with both NASA, the European Space Agency and the ERC. He has received much recognition for his work over the years. His main research interests are in high energy astrophysics, astrophysical cosmology and the history of physics and astrophysics. He has chaired numerous committees for specific science projects, including the Planck and Euclid missions of ESA. His major books, in addition to the present volume, include Theoretical Concepts in Physics (3rd edition 2020), High Energy Astrophysics (3rd edition 2011), Quantum Concepts in Physics (2013), the Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology (2008) and Maxwell's Enduring Legacy: A Scientific History of the Cavendish Laboratory (2016).
Part I Preliminaries.- A Very Brief History of Cosmology and Galaxy Formation.- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe.- Galaxies.- Clusters of Galaxies.- Part II The Basic Framework.- The Theoretical Framework.- An Introduction to Relativistic Gravity.- The Friedman World Models.- The Determination of Cosmological Parameters.- The Thermal History of the Universe.- Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe.- Part III The Development of Primordial Fluctuations under Gravity.- The Evolution of Density Perturbations in the Standard Big Bang.- More Tools and Problems.- Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation.- Correlation Functions and the Spectrum of the Initial Fluctuations.- The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.- The Post-Recombination Era.- The Evolution of Galaxies and Active Galaxies with Cosmic Epoch.- The Intergalactic Medium.- Making Real Galaxies.- The Very Early Universe.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Astronomie |
| Genre: | Physik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 800 |
| Reihe: | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Inhalt: |
xxv
772 S. 130 s/w Illustr. 113 farbige Illustr. 772 p. 243 illus. 113 illus. in color. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783662658901 |
| ISBN-10: | 3662658909 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Longair, Malcolm S. |
| Auflage: | 3rd ed. 2023 |
| Hersteller: |
Springer-Verlag GmbH
Springer Berlin Heidelberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Maße: | 241 x 160 x 46 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Malcolm S. Longair |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.04.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 1,495 kg |
Malcolm Longair, CBE, FRS, FRSE is Jacksonian Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy and Director of Development, Cavendish Laboratory. He has held many highly respected positions within the fields of physics and astronomy. He was appointed the ninth Astronomer Royal of Scotland in 1980, as well as the Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, and the Director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. He was head of the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of Cambridge University, from 1997 to 2005. He has served on and chaired many international committees, boards and panels, working with both NASA, the European Space Agency and the ERC. He has received much recognition for his work over the years. His main research interests are in high energy astrophysics, astrophysical cosmology and the history of physics and astrophysics. He has chaired numerous committees for specific science projects, including the Planck and Euclid missions of ESA. His major books, in addition to the present volume, include Theoretical Concepts in Physics (3rd edition 2020), High Energy Astrophysics (3rd edition 2011), Quantum Concepts in Physics (2013), the Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology (2008) and Maxwell's Enduring Legacy: A Scientific History of the Cavendish Laboratory (2016).
Part I Preliminaries.- A Very Brief History of Cosmology and Galaxy Formation.- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe.- Galaxies.- Clusters of Galaxies.- Part II The Basic Framework.- The Theoretical Framework.- An Introduction to Relativistic Gravity.- The Friedman World Models.- The Determination of Cosmological Parameters.- The Thermal History of the Universe.- Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe.- Part III The Development of Primordial Fluctuations under Gravity.- The Evolution of Density Perturbations in the Standard Big Bang.- More Tools and Problems.- Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation.- Correlation Functions and the Spectrum of the Initial Fluctuations.- The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.- The Post-Recombination Era.- The Evolution of Galaxies and Active Galaxies with Cosmic Epoch.- The Intergalactic Medium.- Making Real Galaxies.- The Very Early Universe.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Astronomie |
| Genre: | Physik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 800 |
| Reihe: | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Inhalt: |
xxv
772 S. 130 s/w Illustr. 113 farbige Illustr. 772 p. 243 illus. 113 illus. in color. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783662658901 |
| ISBN-10: | 3662658909 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Longair, Malcolm S. |
| Auflage: | 3rd ed. 2023 |
| Hersteller: |
Springer-Verlag GmbH
Springer Berlin Heidelberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Maße: | 241 x 160 x 46 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Malcolm S. Longair |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.04.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 1,495 kg |
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