Cosmic Microwave Background - From Quantum Fluctuations to the Present Universe

This volume presents the lectures of the nineteenth Canary Islands Winter School, dedicated to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). This relict radiation from the very early Universe provides a fundamental tool for precision cosmology. Prestigious researchers in the field present a comprehensive overview of current knowledge of the CMB, reviewing the theoretical foundations, the main observational results and the most advanced statistical techniques used in this discipline. The lectures give coverage from the basic principles to the most recent research results, reviewing state of the art observational and statistical analysis techniques. The impact of new experiments and the constraints imposed on cosmological parameters are emphasized and put into the broader context of research in cosmology. This is an important resource for both graduate students and experienced researchers, revealing the spectacular progress that has been made in the study of the CMB within the last decade.

List of contents

List of contributors; List of participants; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. CMB observations and cosmological constraints Bruce Partridge; 2. The inflationary universe Sabino Matarrese; 3. CMB theory from nucleosynthesis to recombination Wayne Hu; 4. CMB fluctuations in the post-recombination universe Matthias Bartelmann; 5. Statistical techniques for data analysis in cosmology Licia Verde; 6. Gaussianity Enrique Martínez-González; 7. Galactic and extragalactic foregrounds Rodney D. Davies; 8. Probes of fundamental cosmology Malcolm Longair.

Summary

Prestigious researchers in the field present a comprehensive overview of current knowledge of the Cosmic Microwave Background, giving coverage from the basic theoretical principles to the most recent research results, and putting the impact of new experiments into a broader context of research in cosmology.

Product details

• Authors: Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin, Jose Alberto Rebolo Rubino-Martin
• Assisted by: Evencio Mediavilla (Editor), Mediavilla Evencio (Editor), Rafael Rebolo (Editor), Rebolo Rafael (Editor), Jose Alberto Rubi O-Martin (Editor), Jose Alberto Rubiňo-Martin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107695610
• ISBN: 978-1-107-69561-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Canary Islands Winter School o; Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Relativity physics, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology