Cosmology : a research briefing / Panel on Cosmology, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Panel on Cosmology, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Cosmology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Cosmology--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Cosmology, a research briefing

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Cosmology: A Research Briefing""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""I. OVERVIEW ""; ""WHAT IS COSMOLOGY?""; ""WHAT'S ALL THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT?""; ""THE COSMIC QUESTIONS""; ""WHY DO RESEARCH IN COSMOLOGY?""; ""WHY NOW?""; ""SUMMARY""; ""II. THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION ""; ""WHAT IS THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION?""; ""WHAT DO WE LEARN BY MEASURING THE PROPERTIES OF THE CMBR?""; ""The spectrum""; ""Why are “bumps� in the CMBR so important?""; ""MEASUREMENTS OF ANISOTROPY""; ""Large-scale anisotropy""; ""Medium-scale anisotropy""

""Small-scale anisotropy""""III. THE LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE ""; ""GALAXY MAPS AND LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE""; ""What is large-scale structure, and why is it important?""; ""Mapping the large-scale structure""; ""The importance of uniform galaxy surveys""; ""Theory of large-scale structure""; ""COSMIC VELOCITY FLOWS""; ""What are cosmic flows, and why are they important?""; ""Measuring cosmic flows""; ""SUMMARY AND PROSPECTS FOR LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE""; ""IV. THE DISTANT UNIVERSE ""; ""MEASURING THE COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS""; ""The Hubble constant, H0""

""The deceleration parameter, q0""""The density parameter,""; ""DEEP IMAGING OF GALAXIES""; ""EVOLUTION OF LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE BACK IN TIME""; ""SUPERNOVAE, QUASARS, AND ABSORPTION LINE SYSTEMS: PROBES FOR COSMOLOGY""; ""GRAVITATIONAL LENSES""; ""What are gravitational lenses, and why are they important?""; ""Measuring cosmological parameters with gravitational lenses""; ""V. PHYSICS OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE ""; ""PRIMORDIAL NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND DARK MATTER""; ""EPOCH OF INFLATION AND GRAND UNIFIED THEORIES OF MATTER""; ""PARTICLE THEORY AND DARK MATTER CANDIDATES""; ""WIMPs""; ""Axions""

""Neutrinos""""SUMMARY OF THE STUDY OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE""; ""VI. CONCLUSION ""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 41).

ISBN:

0-309-59176-7

OCLC:

567838270