The Early Universe / Edition 1

by Edward Kolb, Michael Turner

Overview

The Early Universe has become the standard reference on forefront topics in cosmology, particularly to the early history of the Universe. Subjects covered include primordial nubleosynthesis, baryogenesis, phases transitions, inflation, dark matter, and galaxy formation, relics such as axions, neutrinos and monopoles, and speculations about the Universe at the Planck time. The book includes more than ninety figures as well as a five-page update discussing recent developments such as the COBE results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780201626742
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	01/31/1994
Series:	Frontiers in Physics Series , #69
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	594
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edward Kolb

Table of Contents

* Editors Foreword * The Universe Observed * Robertson-Walker Metric * Standard Cosmology * Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis * Thermodynamics in the Expanding Universe * Baryogenesis * Phase Transitions * Inflation * Structure Formation * Axions * Toward the Planck Epoch * Finale