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Introduction to Cosmology |
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Authors: |
Gourgouliatos, Konstantinos Nektarios |
Reviewer: |
Papadakis, Iossif |
Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > COSMOLOGY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > COSMOLOGY > BIG BANG THEORY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS > INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM > DARK MATTER NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS > GALAXIES NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > CELESTIAL MECHANICS > GRAVITATION NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > COSMOLOGY > DARK ENERGY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > GALACTIC PHYSICS > GALAXY DYNAMICS NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY |
Keywords: |
Universe large scale structure
Cosmological Principle Cosmic Microwave Radiation Background Galaxy clusters Cosmological Inflation Cosmological distances Primordial Nucleosynthesis Standard Cosmological Model Graviational lens Cosmological simulations N-body code |
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Abstract: |
Cosmology is the study of the structure and the evolution of the Universe in large scale. This book covers the topic of Cosmology via three main directions. 1) The main astronomical observations that shaped our understanding of Cosmology and lead to the model of the expanding universe are discussed. Then, a Newtonian approach is presented. This is followed by a brief introduction in the concept of curvature, so that, through General Relativity, the equations governing the evolution the universe depending on its content are introduced. The main definitions of distances used in Cosmology are also presented in this context. 2) Next, we follow the evolutions of the Universe starting from its first stages, the decoupling of fundamental forces, the synthesis of the first element and the emission of the Cosmic Background Radiation reaching the dark ages and the reionisation epoch. The physical mechanisms interpreting these phenomena are studied. 3) We complete our study exploring the Standard Model of Cosmology and its challenges. We examine possible answers to open Cosmology problems. Furthermore, topics related to dark matter and gravitational lensing are presented and some cosmological problems that can be solved numerically are discussed.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Stavroulopoulou, Olga |
Graphic Editors: |
Stavroulopoulou, Olga |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 23-07-2024 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-5667-89-4 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-115 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/8615 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Gourgouliatos, K. (2024). Introduction to Cosmology [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-115 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. A Universe without a Centre 2. The Expansion of the Universe 3. Newtonian Cosmology 4. Relativistic Cosmology 5. Cosmological Models 6. Cosmological Scales 7. The Hot Young Universe 8. Primordial Nucleosynthesis 9. Cosmic Microwave Background 10. The Standard Cosmological Model ΛCMD 11. The Inflationary Expansion 12. The Baryonic Content of the Universe 13. The Large Scale Structure 14. Galaxies and Dark Matter 15. Gravitational Lens 16. Cosmological Numerical Problems |
Number of pages |
222 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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