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- Provides an in-depth introduction to cosmology for beginners including open problems and very recent topics
- Functional appendices contain the necessary physics background as a reminder to students making the book self-contained
- Exercises in the text complete the derivations of the results, whose ideas and logical steps are carefully outlined
Part of the book series: UNITEXT for Physics (UNITEXTPH)
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Keywords
- Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric
- Olbers's paradox
- Dark energy
- Dark matter
- Redshift
- Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric
- Conformal time
- Friedmann equations
- ACDM model
- De Sitter universe
- Comoving distance
- Lookback time
- Boltzmann equation
- Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis
- Thermal Relics
- Einstein tensor
- Einstein equations
- Isocurvature modes
- Stochastic cosmological pertubations
- Inflation
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“This wonderful book is full of pedagogical qualities. It provides an original and efficient approach to contemporary cosmology. … I warmly recommend this book to all students who want to build an expertise in cosmology.” (C. Gauthier, Mathematical Reviews, February, 2020)
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Book Title: Lecture Notes in Cosmology
Authors: Oliver Piattella
Series Title: UNITEXT for Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95570-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95569-8Published: 02 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07060-1Published: 13 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95570-4Published: 21 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2198-7882
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7890
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 418
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cosmology, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory