M. Longair – Galaxy Formation (2008)

Автор: M. Longair
Название книги: Galaxy Formation
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Астрономия
Страницы: 739
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This second edition of Galaxy Formation is an up-to-date text on astrophysical cosmology, expounding the structure of the classical cosmological models from a contemporary viewpoint. This forms the background to a detailed study of the origin of structure and galaxies in the Universe. The derivations of many of the most important results are derived by simple physical arguments which illuminate the results of more advanced treatments. A very wide range of observational data is brought to bear upon these problems, including the most recent results from WMAP, the Hubble Space Telescope, galaxy surveys like the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, studies of Type 1a supernovae, and many other observations.
The most appraised graduate textbook on galaxy formation, cosmology and extragalactic astronomy
Brought up-to-date with the developments of the past eight years
Presented in an informal pedagogical manner
A Brief History of Cosmology and Galaxy Formation
The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Galaxies
Clusters of Galaxies
The Theoretical Framework
An Introduction to Relativistic Gravity
The Friedman World Models
The Robertson–Walker Metric for an Empty Universe
The Determination of Cosmological Parameters
The Thermal History of the Universe
Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe
The Evolution of Perturbations in the Standard Big Bang
More Tools and Problems
Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation
Correlation Functions and the Spectrum of the Initial Fluctuations
Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
The Post-Recombination Era
The Evolution of Galaxies and Active Galaxies with Cosmic Epoch
The Intergalactic Medium
Making Real Galaxies
The Very Early Universe