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Lecture Notes in Cosmology

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Authors:
  1. Oliver Piattella

    1. Núcleo Cosmo-UFES and Department of Physics, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

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  • Provides an in-depth introduction to cosmology for beginners including open problems and very recent topics
  • Functional appendices contain the necessary physics background as a reminder to students making the book self-contained
  • Exercises in the text complete the derivations of the results, whose ideas and logical steps are carefully outlined

Part of the book series: UNITEXT for Physics (UNITEXTPH)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Cosmology

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Universe in Expansion

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 17-53

  4. Thermal History

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 55-115

  5. Cosmological Perturbations

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 117-155

  6. Perturbed Boltzmann Equations

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 157-191

  7. Initial Conditions

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 193-210

  8. Stochastic Properties of Cosmological Perturbations

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 211-234

  9. Inflation

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    Pages 235-271

  10. Evolution of Perturbations

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 273-308

  11. Anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background

    • Oliver Piattella
    Pages 309-364

  12. Miscellanea

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    Pages 365-378

  13. Appendices

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    Pages 379-412

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 413-418
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About this book

Cosmology has become a very active research field in the last decades thanks to the impressing improvement of our observational techniques which have led to landmark discoveries such as the accelerated expansion of the universe, and have put physicists in front of new mysteries to unveil, such as the quest after the nature of dark matter and dark energy. These notes offer an approach to cosmology, covering fundamental topics in the field: the expansion of the universe, the thermal history, the evolution of small cosmological perturbations and the anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation. Some extra topics are presented in the penultimate chapter and some standard results of physics and mathematics are available in the last chapter in order to provide a self-contained treatment. These notes offer an in-depth account of the above-mentioned topics and are aimed to graduate students who want to build an expertise in cosmology.

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“This wonderful book is full of pedagogical qualities. It provides an original and efficient approach to contemporary cosmology. … I warmly recommend this book to all students who want to build an expertise in cosmology.” (C. Gauthier, Mathematical Reviews, February, 2020)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Núcleo Cosmo-UFES and Department of Physics, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

    Oliver Piattella

About the author

Oliver F. Piattella, Núcleo Cosmo-UFES and PPGCosmo, Physics Department, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lecture Notes in Cosmology

  • Authors: Oliver Piattella

  • Series Title: UNITEXT for Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95570-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95569-8Published: 02 August 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07060-1Published: 13 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95570-4Published: 21 July 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2198-7882

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-7890

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 418

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cosmology, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

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