Fundamentals of Cosmology

• Main Author: Rich, James. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02800-7

The book is aimed at astrophysics students and professional physicists who wish to understand the basics of cosmology and general relativity as well as the observational foundations of the LambdaCDM model of the Universe. The book provides a self-contained introduction to general relativity that is...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Observational Cosmology
• Coordinates and Metrics
• The Field Equations
• Friedmannology
• The Thermal History of the Universe
• Structure Formation
• Exercises
• Lorentz Vectors and Tensors
• Natural Units
• Standard Particles and Beyond
• Magnitudes
• Solutions and Hints for Selected Exercises
• Useful Formulas and Numbers
• References
• Index.