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Author Durrer, Ruth.

Title The cosmic microwave background / Ruth Durrer.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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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.
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Subject Cosmic background radiation.
Cosmic background radiation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Durrer, Ruth. Cosmic microwave background. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521847049 0521847044 (DLC) 2008008971 (OCoLC)183264821
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