Introduction to the theory of the early universe : cosmological perturbations and inflationary theory / Dmitry S. Gorbunov, Valery A. Rubakov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorbunov, Dmitry S.

Contributor:

Rubakov, V. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inflationary universe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book accompanies another book by the same authors, ""Introduction to the Theory of the Early Universe: Hot Big Bang Theory"" and presents the theory of the evolution of density perturbations and relic gravity waves, theory of cosmological inflation and post-inflationary reheating. Written in a pedagogical style, the main chapters give a detailed account of the established theory, with derivation of formulas. Being self-contained, it is a useful textbook for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students. Essential materials from General Relativity, theory of Gaussian random fields

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Jeans Instability in Newtonian Gravity; Chapter 2 Cosmological Perturbations in General Relativity. Equations of Linearized Theory; Chapter 3 Evolution of Vector and Tensor Perturbations; Chapter 4 Scalar Perturbations: Single-Component Fluids; Chapter 5 Primordial Perturbations in Real Universe; Chapter 6 Scalar Perturbations before Recombination; Chapter 7 Structure Formation; Chapter 8 *Beyond Ideal Fluid Approximation; Chapter 9 Temperature of Cosmic Microwave Background; Chapter 10 *CMB Polarization

Chapter 11 Drawbacks of the Hot Big Bang Theory. Inflation as Possible Way OutChapter 12 Inflation in Slow Roll Regime; Chapter 13 Generation of Cosmological Perturbations at Inflation; Chapter 14 *Further Aspects of Inflationary Theory; Chapter 15 *Preheating after Inflation; Chapter 16 *Bouncing Universe; Chapter 17 Color Pages; Appendix A Exact Solutions for Gravitating Matter; Appendix B Derivation of Linearized Einstein Equations; Appendix C Gaussian Random Variables and Gaussian Random Fields; Appendix D Fermions in Gravitational Fields

Appendix E Particle Creation in Background Fields. Method of Bogoliubov TransformationsAppendix F Some Special Functions and Their Properties; Books and Reviews; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-485) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-14852-8

9786613148520

981-4322-23-7

OCLC:

738433324