Introduction to Particle Cosmology: The Standard Model of Cosmology and Its Open Problems

by Cosimo Bambi, Alexandre Dmitrievich Dolgov, Alexandre D. Dolgov

Book Overview

This book introduces the basic concepts of particle cosmology and covers all the main aspects of the Big Bang Model (expansion of the Universe, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Cosmic Microwave Background, large scale structures) and the search for new physics (inflation, baryogenesis, dark matter, dark energy). It also includes the majority of recent discoveries, such as the precise determination of cosmological parameters using experiments like WMAP...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662515873
• ISBN13: 9783662515877
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 251 Pages