The Early UniverseThe Early Universe has become the standard reference on forefront topics in cosmology, particularly to the early history of the Universe. Subjects covered include primordial nubleosynthesis, baryogenesis, phases transitions, inflation, dark matter, and galaxy formation, relics such as axions, neutrinos and monopoles, and speculations about the Universe at the Planck time. The book includes more than ninety figures as well as a five-page update discussing recent developments such as the COBE results. |
Contents
BIGBANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS | xlviii |
PHASE TRANSITIONS | xcviii |
AXIONS | 10 |
THE UNIVERSE OBSERVED | 1 |
THERMODYNAMICS IN THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE | 5 |
INFLATION | 8 |
A Guide to Performing Electronic | 28 |
STRUCTURE FORMATION | 31 |
TOWARD THE PLANCK EPOCH | 11 |
ROBERTSONWALKER METRIC | 2 |
42 G E Pake T L Estle The Physical Principles of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance | 42 |
A B Migdal Qualitative Methods in Quantum Theory 1977 | 51 |
APPENDIX | 28 |
P W Anderson Basic Notions of Condensed Matter Physics 1983 | 31 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abundance amplitude anisotropy annihilation astrophysical axion baryogenesis baryon asymmetry baryon number bosons Chapter clusters CMBR cold dark matter comoving volume constant cosmic string cosmological coupling curvature decay decoupling density perturbations discussed domain walls dominated early Universe electroweak energy density entropy epoch equilibrium evolution expansion rate exponentially fermion fluctuations flux function galaxies gauge gravitational horizon Hubble inflation inflationary inflaton inhomogeneities initial interactions isocurvature lepton Lett M. S. Turner magnetic monopoles mass density matter-dominated metric modes neutrino neutrino species Nucl nucleon number density observed oscillations phase transition photons Phys physical potential present primordial nucleosynthesis produced quantum quark radiation radius red shift reheating relativistic relic scalar field solution spatial spectrum standard cosmology structure formation symmetry t₁ temperature theory thermal vacuum energy X bosons μν Ωο