Primordial Density Perturbation Cosmology, Inflation and the Origin of Structure

Name: Primordial Density Perturbation Cosmology, Inflation and the Origin of Structure
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ISBN: 9780521828499

ISBN-10: 052182849X

ISBN-13: 9780521828499

Edition: 2009

Authors: Andrew R. Liddle, David H. Lyth

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The origin and evolution of the primordial perturbation is the key to understanding structure formation in the earliest stages of the Universe. It carries clues to the types of physical phenomena active in that extreme high-density environment. Through its evolution, generating first the observed cosmic microwave background anisotropies and later the distribution of galaxies and dark matter in the Universe, it probes the properties and dynamics of the present Universe. This graduate-level textbook gives a thorough account of theoretical cosmology and perturbations in the early Universe, describing their observational consequences and showing how to relate such observations to primordial…

Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/11/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 516
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.96" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

Andrew R. Liddle is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Sussex. He is the author of over 150 journal articles and four books on cosmology, covering topics from early Universe theory to modelling astrophysical data.

1. Overview; Part I. Relativity: 2. Special relativity; 3. General relativity; Part II. The Universe after the First Second: 4. The unperturbed Universe; 5. The primordial density perturbation; 6. Stochastic properties; 7. Newtonian perturbations; 8. General relativistic perturbations; 9. The matter distribution; 10. Cosmic microwave background anistropy; 11. Boltzmann hierarchy and polarization; 12. Isocurvature and tensor modes; Part III. Field Theory: 13. Scalar fields and gravity; 14. Internal symmetry; 15. Quantum field theory; 16. The Standard Model; 17. Supersymmetry; Part IV. Inflation and the Early Universe: 18. Slow-roll inflation; 19. More inflation paradigms; 20. Reheating and…