Principles of Physical Cosmology / / P. J. E. Peebles.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Peebles, P. J. E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Series in Physics ; 99
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (774 p.)

The classic introduction to physical cosmology from Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. J. E. PeeblesPrinciples of Physical Cosmology 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. P. J. E. Peebles provides an authoritative overview of the field, showing how observation has combined with theory to establish the science of physical cosmology. He 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. Featuring Peebles's 2019 Nobel lecture, this edition of Principles of Physical Cosmology remains an indispensable reference for students and researchers alike.

Table of 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