Ebook: The Early Universe: Facts and Fiction

This fourth edition of Börner's "The Early Universe" is practically a new book, not just an updated version. In particular, to meet the wishes of many readers, it is now organized so as to make it more useful as a textbook. Problem sections are also added. In the center are the connections between particle physics and cosmology: the standard model, some basic implications of quantum field theory, and the questions of structure formation. A special feature of the book is the comparison of theoretical predictions with observations, separating "facts from fiction". Special emphasis is given to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background and the consequences drawn for cosmology and for the structure formation models. Nuclear and particle physicists and astrophysicists, researchers and teachers as well as graduate students will welcome this new edition of a classic text and reference.

In this corrected reprint first year results from WMAP have been added to take account of recent developments.

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This fourth edition of B?rner's "The Early Universe" is practically a new book, not just an updated version. In particular, to meet the wishes of many readers, it is now organized so as to make it more useful as a textbook. Problem sections are also added. In the center are the connections between particle physics and cosmology: the standard model, some basic implications of quantum field theory, and the questions of structure formation. A special feature of the book is the comparison of theoretical predictions with observations, separating "facts from fiction". Special emphasis is given to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background and the consequences drawn for cosmology and for the structure formation models. Nuclear and particle physicists and astrophysicists, researchers and teachers as well as graduate students will welcome this new edition of a classic text and reference.

In this corrected reprint first year results from WMAP have been added to take account of recent developments.

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This fourth edition of B?rner's "The Early Universe" is practically a new book, not just an updated version. In particular, to meet the wishes of many readers, it is now organized so as to make it more useful as a textbook. Problem sections are also added. In the center are the connections between particle physics and cosmology: the standard model, some basic implications of quantum field theory, and the questions of structure formation. A special feature of the book is the comparison of theoretical predictions with observations, separating "facts from fiction". Special emphasis is given to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background and the consequences drawn for cosmology and for the structure formation models. Nuclear and particle physicists and astrophysicists, researchers and teachers as well as graduate students will welcome this new edition of a classic text and reference.

In this corrected reprint first year results from WMAP have been added to take account of recent developments.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Cosmological Models....Pages 3-27
Facts — Observations of Cosmological Significance....Pages 29-139
Thermodynamics of the Early Universe in the Classical Hot Big-Bang Picture....Pages 141-173
Can the Standard Model Be Verified Experimentally?....Pages 175-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Gauge Theories and the Standard Model....Pages 203-239
Grand Unification Schemes....Pages 241-304
Relic Particles from the Early Universe....Pages 305-338
Baryon Synthesis....Pages 339-356
The Inflationary Universe....Pages 357-395
Front Matter....Pages 397-398
Typical Scales — From Observation and Theory....Pages 399-429
The Evolution of Small Perturbations....Pages 431-491
Non-linear Structure Formation....Pages 493-549
Back Matter....Pages 551-593

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This fourth edition of B?rner's "The Early Universe" is practically a new book, not just an updated version. In particular, to meet the wishes of many readers, it is now organized so as to make it more useful as a textbook. Problem sections are also added. In the center are the connections between particle physics and cosmology: the standard model, some basic implications of quantum field theory, and the questions of structure formation. A special feature of the book is the comparison of theoretical predictions with observations, separating "facts from fiction". Special emphasis is given to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background and the consequences drawn for cosmology and for the structure formation models. Nuclear and particle physicists and astrophysicists, researchers and teachers as well as graduate students will welcome this new edition of a classic text and reference.

In this corrected reprint first year results from WMAP have been added to take account of recent developments.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Cosmological Models....Pages 3-27
Facts — Observations of Cosmological Significance....Pages 29-139
Thermodynamics of the Early Universe in the Classical Hot Big-Bang Picture....Pages 141-173
Can the Standard Model Be Verified Experimentally?....Pages 175-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Gauge Theories and the Standard Model....Pages 203-239
Grand Unification Schemes....Pages 241-304
Relic Particles from the Early Universe....Pages 305-338
Baryon Synthesis....Pages 339-356
The Inflationary Universe....Pages 357-395
Front Matter....Pages 397-398
Typical Scales — From Observation and Theory....Pages 399-429
The Evolution of Small Perturbations....Pages 431-491
Non-linear Structure Formation....Pages 493-549
Back Matter....Pages 551-593
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