Modern Cosmology

By Stanley Jackson

Readers will gain the tools needed to work in cosmology and learn how modern observations are rapidly revolutionizing our picture of the universe.From this starting point, the reader is introduced to perturbations about an FRW universe: their evolution with the Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their generation by primordial inflation, and their observational consequences. These consequences include the anisotropy spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) featuring acoustic peaks and polarization, the matter power spectrum with baryonic wiggles, and their detection via photometric galaxy surveys, redshift distortions, cluster abundances, and weak lensing. The book concludes with a long chapter on data analysis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1981570632
• ISBN13: 9781981570638
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"