Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi." Course 186, New horizons for observational cosmology : Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monasterio 1 - 6 July 2013 / Italian Physical Society ; edited by A. Cooray [and three others] = Rendiconti Della Scuola Internazionale Di Fisica "Enrico Fermi". CLXXXVI Corso, Nuovi per la orizzonti cosmologia osservativa : Varenna Sul Lago Di Como, Villa Monasterio 1 - 6 Luglio 2013 / a cura di A. Cooray [and three others].

Format:

• Book
• Conference/Event

Contributor:

• Cooray, A., editor.
• Società italiana di fisica, author.

Conference Name:

• International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" (2013 : Lake Como, Villa Monasterio)
• International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"

Series:

• International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”
• International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi” ; v.186

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cosmology--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our understanding of the universe has been revolutionized by observations of the cosmic microwave background, the large-scale structure of the universe, and distant supernovae. These studies have shown that we are living in a strange universe: 96% of the present day energy density of the universe is dominated by so-called dark matter and dark energy. But we still do not know what dark matter and dark energy actually are.This book presents lectures from the 186th Course in the Enrico Fermi International School of Physics entitled New Horizons for Observational Cosmology, held in Varenna, Italy,

Contents:

• ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Course group shot""; ""Reionization of the Intergalactic Medium""; ""Lecture I: The Intergalactic Medium""; ""Historical background""; ""Early confinement models""; ""IGM as a fluctuating density field""; ""IGM phenomenology""; ""QSO absorption spectra""; ""Low resolution spectroscopy""; ""High resolution spectroscopy""; ""Absorption line properties""; ""Number density evolution of the Lyalpha forest""; ""Column density distribution""; ""Basic physical processes""; ""Photoionization""; ""The UV background""; ""Proximity effect""
• ""Gunn-peterson effect""""HI evolution""; ""Primordial cooling function""; ""Equation of state""; ""Temperature evolution""; ""IGM mass content""; ""Galaxy-IGM interplay""; ""Ab initio models""; ""Overcooling problem""; ""Heating and metal enrichment""; ""Lecture II: Cosmic reionization""; ""Introduction""; ""Basic theory""; ""Propagation of ionization fronts in the IGM""; ""Statistical approach""; """"Hello world"" reionization model""; ""Cosmological radiative transfer""; ""Numerical solution techniques""; ""Cosmic reionization""; ""Reionization sources""; ""(More) reionization tests""
• ""Cosmic microwave background""""X-rays effects""; ""Chemical feedback""; ""Challenges""; ""Global reionization models""; ""Parameter uncertainties""; ""Escape fraction""; ""Specific ionizing photon production""; ""Reionization and cosmology""; ""Weak gravitational lensing""; ""Introduction""; ""Gravitational lensing""; ""Lens equation""; ""Delay""; ""Deflection""; ""Differential deflection""; ""Mass reconstructions""; ""Mass estimates""; ""Measuring galaxy shapes""; ""Observational distortions""; ""PSF model""; ""Image simulations""; ""Lensing by clusters""; ""Lensing by galaxies""
• ""Halo model""""Halo shapes""; ""Lensing by large-scale structure""; ""Photometric redshifts and tomography""; ""Predictions for the matter power spectrum""; ""Results from CFHTLenS""; ""Outlook and conclusions""; ""Large-scale structure observations""; ""Clustering statistics""; ""The over-density field""; ""The correlation function""; ""The power spectrum""; ""Higher-order statistics""; ""Anisotropic statistics""; ""The comoving matter power spectrum""; ""The matter-radiation equality scale""; ""Neutrino masses""; ""Baryons""; ""Physical processes""; ""Linear structure growth""
• ""Spherical collapse""""Press-Schechter theory""; ""Galaxy bias""; ""Galaxy survey basics""; ""Overview of galaxy surveys""; ""Measuring over-densities""; ""Measuring the power spectrum""; ""Measuring the correlation function""; ""Reconstructing the linear density""; ""Ly-alpha forest surveys""; ""Observational effects""; ""Projection and the Alcock-Paczynski (AP) effect""; ""Redshift-space distortions""; ""Joint AP and RSD measurements""; ""Primordial non-Gaussianity""; ""Summary""; ""Making cosmological-model inferences""; ""Exploring parameter space""; ""Model selection""
• ""Future surveys""

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61499-476-5

OCLC:

901290954