| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
As the structures in our Universe are mapped out on ever larger scales, and with increasing detail, the use of inhomogeneous models is becoming an essential tool for analyzing and understanding them. This book reviews a number of important developments in the application of inhomogeneous solutions of Einstein's field equations to cosmology. It shows how inhomogeneous models can be employed to study the evolution of structures such as galaxy clusters and galaxies with central black holes, and to account for cosmological observations like supernovae dimming, the cosmic microwave background, baryon acoustic oscillations or the dependence of the Hubble parameter on redshift within classical general relativity. Whatever `dark matter' and `dark energy' turn out to be, inhomogeneities exist on many scales and need to be investigated with all appropriate methods. This book is of great value to all astrophysicists and researchers working in cosmology, from graduate students to academic researchers. |
| Contents |
1. Purpose of this book -- 2. Exact solutions of Einstein's equations that are used in cosmology -- 3. Light propagation -- 4. Structure formation -- 5. Cosmological constant and coincidence problems -- 6. Horizon problem -- 7. CMB temperature fluctuations -- 8. Conclusions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cosmology -- Mathematics.
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Cosmology -- Mathematics. |
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Cosmology. |
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Einstein field equations.
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Einstein field equations. |
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Inhomogeneous materials.
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Inhomogeneous materials. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bolejko, Krzysztof, 1980-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Structures in the universe by exact methods. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521769143 (DLC) 2009020680 (OCoLC)344061965 |
| ISBN |
9780511658228 (electronic book) |
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0511658222 (electronic book) |
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0521769140 |
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9780521769143 |
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9780511657405 (electronic book) |
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0511657404 (electronic book) |
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9780521769143 (hardback) |
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