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General relativity :an introduction to black holes, gravitational waves, and …
"Version: 20180301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Concepts in special relativity -- 1.1. Galilean relativity -- 1.2. Inertial frames -- 1.3. Special relativity -- 1.4. Velocity addition, length contraction, and time dilation -- 1.5. Questions2. Tensors in relativity -- 2.1. Motivation -…
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Sterile neutrino dark matter /
"Version: 20170301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : dark matter--what we do and do not know -- 1.1. Observational evidence for dark matter -- 1.2. Explanations for dark matter -- 1.3. Sterile neutrinos as dark matter2. Sterile neutrinos--almost part of the Standa…
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String theory and the real world /
"Version: 20170301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : the Standard Models -- 2. The Planck scale--compactification3. Testing theories in physics, including string theories -- 3.1. Kaluza-Klein theories, anomalies, and the physics of extra dimensions4. The mass-ener…
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Lectures on general relativity, cosmology and quantum black holes /
"Version: 20250601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General relativity essentials -- 1.1. 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-Einstein action -- 1.9…
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Understanding the Universe :a conversational introduction to cosmology /
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Science as a human endeavor -- 1.1. Our attempts to understand the Universe -- 1.2. Motivations and questions : how science evolves -- 1.3. Cautionary tales from "failed science" -- 1.4. The role of mathematics -- 1.5. Mathematical modeling : a crucial skill for physics -- 1.6. Exercises2. Celestial spheres and planeta…
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Elementary cosmology :from Aristotle's universe to the big bang and beyond /
"Version: 20151101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- 1. The scientific method -- 1.1. Introduction to the scientific method -- 1.2. Some mathematics2. Early astronomy -- 3. Nebulae4. Cosmic distances -- 4.1. The cosmic distance ladder -- 4.2.…
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Dark matter in the universe /
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- 1. The need for dark matter -- 2. The formation of structure and dark matter in Galaxies -- 3. Cold dark matter, hot dark matter, and their alternatives4. Types of dark matter -- 4.1. WIMPs…
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Searching for dark matter with cosmic gamma rays /
"Version: 20160801"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Observational and theoretical motivation for particle dark matter -- 2.1. Gravitational evidence for dark matter halos -- 2.2. Weakly interacting massive particles -- 2.3. Other particle dark matter candidat…
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Galaxy morphology /
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Earlier classifications -- 1.2. Hubble's tuning fork -- 1.3. The 90% rule -- 1.4. Assignments -- 1.5. Further reading2. Galaxy scale -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. de Vaucouleurs profile -- 2.3. Exponential profile -- 2.4. S?ersic profile -- 2.5. Two-component galaxies -- 2.6. Vertical profiles -- 2.7.…
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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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