2nd Edition
by Scott Dodelson (Author), Fabian Schmidt (Author)
Modern Cosmology, Second Edition,
provides a detailed introduction to the field of cosmology. Beginning
with the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a
Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric, this trusted resource
includes careful treatments of dark energy, big bang nucleosynthesis,
recombination, and dark matter. The reader is then introduced to
perturbations about an FLRW universe: their evolution with the
Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their primordial generation by inflation,
and their observational consequences: the acoustic peaks in the CMB; the
E/B decomposition in polarization; gravitational lensing of the
CMB and large-scale structure; and the BAO standard ruler and
redshift-space distortions in galaxy clustering. The Second Edition now
also covers nonlinear structure formation including perturbation theory
and simulations. The book concludes with a substantially updated chapter
on data analysis.
Modern Cosmology, Second Edition, shows
how modern observations are rapidly revolutionizing our picture of the
universe, and supplies readers with all the tools needed to work in
cosmology.
