Format:
1 online resource (328 pages)
ISBN:
9781420057003
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 The standard model of cosmology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Robertson-Walker metric -- 1.3 Einstein equations for a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe -- 1.4 Scale factor dependence of the energy density -- 1.5 Time dependence of the scale factor -- 1.6 Age of the universe -- 1.7 The cosmological constant -- 1.8 Equilibrium thermodynamics in the expanding universe -- 1.9 Transition from radiation to matter domination -- 1.10 Cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) -- 1.11 Big-bang nucleosynthesis -- 1.12 Exercises -- 1.13 General references -- Bibliography -- 2 Phase transitions in the early universe -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Partition functions -- 2.3 The effective potential at finite temperature -- 2.4 Phase transitions in the Higgs model -- 2.4.1 e4 « λ -- 2.4.2 e4 » λ -- 2.5 Phase transitions in electroweak theory -- 2.6 Phase transitions in grand unified theories -- 2.7 Phase transitions in supersymmetric GUTs -- 2.8 Phase transitions in supergravity theories -- 2.9 Nucleation of true vacuum -- 2.10 Exercises -- 2.11 General references -- Bibliography -- 3 Topological defects -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Domain walls -- 3.3 Global cosmic strings -- 3.4 Local cosmic strings -- 3.5 Gravitational fields of local cosmic strings -- 3.5.1 Double images -- 3.5.2 Temperature discontinuities -- 3.5.3 Cosmic string wakes -- 3.6 Dynamics of local cosmic strings -- 3.7 Magnetic monopoles -- 3.8 Monopole topological quantum number -- 3.9 Magnetic monopoles in grand unified theories -- 3.10 Abundance of magnetic monopoles -- 3.11 Exercises -- 3.12 General references -- Bibliography -- 4 Baryogenesis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Conditions for baryogenesis -- 4.3 Out-of-equilibrium decay of heavy particles -- 4.4 Baryogenesis in GUTs.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138456563
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781138456563
Language:
English
