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New perspectives in astrophysical cosmology / Martin Rees.
LIBRA QB981 .R37 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rees, Martin J., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Galaxies.
- Nuclear astrophysics.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Unique and accessible synthesis of modern cosmology from a famous and internationally respected author.
- Contents:
- 1 The cosmological framework 1
- Large-scale structure: how homogeneous is the universe? 2
- High-redshift objects 5
- Pre-galactic history 11
- Status of the hot-big-bang hypothesis 15
- 2 Galaxies and dark matter 20
- What are galaxies? 20
- What is special about galactic dimensions? 23
- Dark matter 26
- What can the dark matter be? 30
- How to discriminate among dark-matter options 38
- 3 Emergence of cosmic structure 41
- Gravitational instability 41
- The fluctuation spectrum at t[subscript rec] 45
- Is the universe flat? 52
- Classical methods for determinign [Omega] 57
- Clues from the microwave background 62
- Dissipative effects for the baryon component 67
- Is any simple hypothesis compatible with all the data? 68
- 4 Quasars and their demography 74
- Quasars and the epoch of galaxy formation 74
- How many quasars have there been? 81
- Quasar masses and efficiencies 82
- Dead quasars: massive black holes in nearby galaxies 84
- Binary black holes? 93
- Cosmogonic interpretations of quasar evolution
- some speculations 95
- 5 Some probes and relics of the high-redshift universe 100
- Quasars as probes of intervening gas 100
- The epoch z > 5 105
- Magnetic fields 112
- Cosmic strings 118
- 6 Some fundamental questions 123
- Gravity 123
- The ultra-early universe 125
- Flatness and the horizon problem 128
- Inflationary models 129
- Concluding homily 136.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Perspectives in astrophysical cosmology.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0521642388
- OCLC:
- 40901152
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