Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Taking a physical approach, the authors of this 2006 volume probe the problem of the 'darkness' of the Universe. Spectacular observational breakthroughs have led to a new epoch of CMB science long after its original discovery. Taking a physical approach, the authors of this volume probe the problem of the 'darkness' of the Universe: the origin and evolution of dark energy and matter in the cosmos. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prefaces; 1. Observational foundations; 2. Kinetics of electromagnetic radiation; 3. The ionization history of the Universe; 4. Primordial cosmic background radiation and small perturbations of uniform cosmological model; 5. Primary anisotropy of CMB; 6. Primordial polarization of the cosmic microwave background; 7. Statistical properties of random fields; 8. The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP); 9. The 'Planktonian era' in the study of anisotropy and polarization of the CMB; 10. Conclusion; References; Index.

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• Authors: Pavel D. Naselsky, Pavel D. (Niels Bohr Institutet Naselsky, Pavel D. Novikov Naselsky, NASELSKY PAVEL D NOVIKOV DMITRY, Dmitry I. Novikov, Igor D. Novikov
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9781107403123
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40312-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cambridge Astrophysics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)