Description |
1 online resource (xii, 401 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-398) and index. |
Summary |
Graduate textbook examining the theory of the cosmic microwave background and its recent progress. |
Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The homogeneous and isotropic universe; 2 Perturbation theory; 3 Initial conditions; 4 CMB anisotropies; 5 CMB polarization and the total angular momentum approach; 6 Cosmological parameter estimation; 7 Lensing and the CMB; 8 The CMB spectrum; Appendix 1 Fundamental constants, units and relations; Appendix 2 General relativity; Appendix 3 Perturbations; Appendix 4 Special functions; Appendix 5 Entropy production and heat flux; Appendix 6 Mixtures; Appendix 7 Statistical utensils; Appendix 8 Approximation for the tensor C spectrum. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Cosmic background radiation.
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Cosmic background radiation. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Durrer, Ruth. Cosmic microwave background. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521847049 0521847044 (DLC) 2008008971 (OCoLC)183264821 |
ISBN |
9780511424069 (electronic book) |
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051142406X (electronic book) |
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9780511421198 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511421192 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511423586 (electronic book) |
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9780511423581 (electronic book) |
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9780511423055 (e-book) |
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0511423055 (e-book) |
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9780521847049 (hardback) |
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0521847044 (hardback) |
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9780511817205 (electronic book) |
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0511817207 (electronic book) |
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0521847044 (Cloth) |
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