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Fundamental ideas in cosmology :scientific, philosophical and sociological cr…
"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Historical and conceptual introduction to the standard cosmological model -- 1.1. Fundamental ideas in cosmology -- 1.2. Cosmology in western culture before the twentieth century -- 1.3. Origin and evolution of the standard cosmological model -- 1.4. Pillars of the standard model -- 1.5. Towards a sceptical position on…
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Nuclear and particle physics with cosmology.
"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General properties of the nucleus -- 2. Radioactivity -- 3. Nuclear models -- 4. Nuclear reaction -- 5. Nuclear fission and fusion -- 6. Deuteron problem -- 7. Scattering -- 8. Nature of nuclear force.Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.The topics of nuclear physics, particle physics a…
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Nuclear and particle physics with cosmology.
"Version: 20241101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to particle physics -- 2. Particle accelerators -- 3. Particle detectors -- 4. Units of particle physics -- 5. A brief introduction to the Standard Model -- 6. Study of interactions through Feynman diagram -- 7. Classification of particles and interactions of nature -- 8. Conservation laws and symmetry -- …
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Elementary cosmology :From Aristotle's universe to the Big Bang and beyond /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The scientific method -- 1.1. Introduction to the scientific method -- 1.2. Some mathematics -- 1.3. Exponential growth2. Early astronomy -- 3. Nebulae -- 4. Cosmic distances -- 4.1. The cosmic distance ladder -- 4.2. Spiral nebulae : are they extragalactic? -- 4.3. The chemical composition of stars5. Spacetime -- 5.1.…
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Active galactic nuclei :fueling and feedback /
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Some brief history -- 1.2. Excitation of lines, masses -- 1.3. Variability and size -- 1.4. Global spectrum SED -- 1.5. The central engine -- 1.6. The AGN zoo, blazars, quasars, and others -- 1.7. Emission lines, and the BPT diagnostics -- 1.8. Unification models -- 1.9. Radio galaxies, and radio pro…
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The dark universe /
"Version: 20170201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Background -- Dark matter -- Dark energy -- Flat [lambda]CDM and the cosmological parameters of the Universe -- Current directions -- Weak gravitational lensing -- Baryon acoustic oscillations -- Galaxy clusters -- Redshift space distortions -- Outlook.Just over 95% of our Universe comes in the shrouded fo…
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Lectures on general relativity, cosmology and quantum black holes /
"Version: 20170701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. General relativity essentials -- 1.1. The equivalence principle -- 1.2. Relativistic mechanics -- 1.3. Differential geometry primer -- 1.4. Curvature tensor -- 1.5. The stress-energy-momentum tensor -- 1.6. Einstein's equation -- 1.7. Killing vectors and maximally symmetric spaces -- 1.8. The Hilbert-Einstei…
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Simulating large-scale structure for models of cosmic acceleration /
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The standard cosmological model -- 1.2. The universe as a laboratory for fundamental physics -- 1.3. This book2. Cosmological models -- 2.1. Scalar field models for cosmic -- 2.2. Screening mechanisms -- 2.3. The quasi-static approximation -- 2.4. Conclusions3. Probes of cosmic structure formation …
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Unexpected similarities of the universe with atomic and molecular systems :wh…
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Reasons from astrophysics and atomic physics for our world to be three-dimensional -- 3. More on the stability of atoms and planetary systems in our three-dimensional world : why do we live longer than a tiny fraction of a second? -- 4. Crossing of the micro- and macro-worlds : similarities between p…
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The cosmic 21-cm revolution :charting the first billion years of our universe /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Theoretical framework : the fundamentals of the 21 cm line -- 1.1. Radiative transfer of the 21 cm line -- 1.2. The spin temperature -- 1.3. Heating of the intergalactic medium2. Astrophysics from the 21 cm background -- 2.1. Properties of the high-z intergalactic medium -- 2.2. Sources of the UV and x-ray background -…
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