Particles in the dark universe : a student's guide to particle physics and cosmology / Yann Mambrini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mambrini, Yann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Nuclear astrophysics.

Cosmology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive and instructive coverage of particle physics in the early universe, in a logical way. It starts from the thermal history of the universe by investigating some of the main arguments such as Big Bang nucleosynthesis, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the inflation, before treating in details the direct and indirect detection of dark matter and then some aspects of the physics of neutrino. Following, it describes possible candidates for dark matter and its interactions. The book is targeted at theoretical physicists who deal with particle physics in the universe, dark matter detection and astrophysical constraints, and at particle physicists who are interested in models of inflation or reheating. This book offers also material for astrophysicists who work with quantum field theory computations. All that is useful to compute any physical process is included: mathematical tables, all the needed functions for the thermodynamics of early universe and Feynman rules. In light of this, this book acts as a crossroad between astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology.

Contents:

Introduction

Inflation and reheating

A thermal Universe

Direct detection

In the galaxies

Appendix A,B,C,D,E.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 14, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030781392

3030781399

OCLC:

1267298875

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.