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Introduction to general relativity and cosmology /
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Revised edition of: General relativity.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1 Prologue -- 1.2. Einstein's insight -- 1.3. Structures seen today -- 1.4. Hubble's law -- 1.5. Olbers' paradox -- 1.6. The big bang and the cosmic microwave background -- 1.7. Inflation -- 1.8. Dark matter -- 1.9. Structure formation -- 1.10. Dark energy -- 1.1…
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- Second edition.
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- 9780750337632
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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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Dust in the galactic environment /
"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Astrophysical dust : an overview -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Methods of investigation -- 1.3. Interstellar environments -- 1.4. Significance2. The interaction of dust and electromagnetic radiation -- 2.1. Extinction -- 2.2. Polarization -- 2.3. Infrared emission -- 2.4. Grain dynamics3. The observed properties of dust…
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- Third edition.
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- 9780750332750
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Gravitational waves /
"Version: 20190101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Theory -- 2.2. Methods of gravitational wave detection -- 2.3. LIGO detector description3. Current directions -- 3.1. Noise sources and strain sensitivity -- 3.2. Gravitational wave searches -- 3.3. Gravitational wave astronomy4. Outlook -- 4.1. Ground-based detectors…
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Gamma-ray burst correlations :current status and open questions /
"Version: 20190801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The phenomenology of GRBs -- 1.2. The phenomenological Willingale model -- 1.3. The past and current missions observing GRBs -- 1.4. The historical background of SNe2. GRB models -- 2.1. The compactness problem -- 2.2. The fireball model -- 2.3. The jet opening angle -- 2.4. The central engine mode…
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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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Hubble Deep Field and the distant universe /
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The beginnings -- 2. Telescopes in space -- 3. A flawed Hubble Telescope -- 4. Hubble servicing missions -- 5. Science coffee and distant galaxies -- 6. Prelude to the deep field -- 7. The HDF : shot in the dark -- 8. Planning the observations -- 9. Acquiring and releasing the data -- 10. Galaxy evolution revealed -- 1…
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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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Foundations of quantum cosmology /
"Version: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The universe on large and small scales -- 1.1. Homogeneous and isotropic cosmology -- 1.2. Hamiltonian -- 1.3. Geometry -- 1.4. Perturbative inhomogeneity -- 1.5. Spherically symmetric models -- 1.6. Full inhomogeneity2. Covariance -- 2.1. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations -- 2.2. Action principles -- 2.3. Canoni…
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Gravitational waves in physics and astrophysics :an artisan's guide /
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Overview of gravitational radiation -- 1.1. Radiation in general -- 1.2. What can generate gravitational radiation? -- 1.3. How can we detect gravitational radiation? -- 1.4. Exercises2. Sources of gravitational radiation -- 2.1. Compact binaries : general considerations -- 2.2. Nonbinary sources -- 2.3. Exercises3. Grav…
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