Principles of physical cosmology / P.J.E. Peebles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peebles, P. J. E. (Phillip James Edwin), author.

Series:

Princeton series in physics.

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton series in physics

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (774 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This text is the essential introduction to this critical area of modern physics, written by a leading pioneer who has shaped the course of the field for decades. The book provides an authoritative overview of the field, showing how observation has combined with theory to establish the science of physical cosmology. The book presents the elements of physical cosmology, including the history of the discovery of the expanding universe; surveys the cosmological tests that measure the geometry of space-time, with a discussion of general relativity as the basis for these tests; and reviews the origin of galaxies and the large-scale structure of the universe. Now featuring the author's 2019 Nobel lecture, the book remains an indispensable reference for students and researchers alike.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

2019 Nobel Lecture: How Physical Cosmology Grew

Preface

I. The Development of Physical Cosmology

1. The Standard Cosmological Model

2. Mach's Principle and the Cosmological Principle

3. The Realm of the Nebulae

4. Einstein's World Model

5. The Expanding Universe

6. The Thermal Cosmic Background Radiation

7. Alternative Cosmologies

II. General Relativity and Cosmology

8. General Covariance

9. Motions of Free Test Particles

10. Field Equations

11. Wall, String, and Spherical Solutions

12. Robertson-Walker Geometry

13. Neoclassical Cosmological Tests

14. Cosmology in an Inhomogeneous Universe

III. Topics in Modern Cosmology

15. Challenges for the Standard Model

16. Walls, Strings, Monopoles, and Textures

17. Inflation

18. Dark Matter

19. Measures of the Galaxy Distribution

20. Dynamical Mass Measures

21. The Large-Scale Mass Distribution

22. Gravitational Evolution

23. Young Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium

24. Diffuse Matter and the Cosmic Radiation Backgrounds

25. Galaxy Formation

26. Lessons and Issues

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691206721

0691206724

OCLC:

1193120025