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100 | _aHooper, Dan | ||
245 | _aParticle Cosmology and Astrophysics | ||
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_bPrinceton University Press _c2024 _aNew Jersey |
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300 | _axxvi, 422p. | ||
504 | _aIncludes Index | ||
505 | _a1 Our Universe 2 General Relativity and the Friedmann Equations 3 A Crash Course in Particle Physics 4 Thermodynamics for Cosmologists 5 The Interactions of High-Energy Particles in Astrophysics 6 Recombination and Photon Decoupling 7 The Cosmic Microwave Background 8 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis 9 Dark Matter 10 The Formation of Large-Scale Structure 11 Neutrino Masses and Oscillations 12 Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis 13 Inflation 14 Dark Energy 15 Cosmic Rays 16 Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Astrophysics 17 Particle Dark Matter Candidates 18 Direct Dark Matter Searches 19 Searches for Dark Matter Annihilation and Decay 20 Collider Physics for Astronomers | ||
520 | _aThis book explores the exciting interface between the fields of cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, and particle physics, at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate- to graduate-level students as well as active researchers. Without assuming a strong background in particle physics or quantum field theory, the text is designed to be accessible to readers from a range of backgrounds and presents both fundamentals and modern topics in a modular style that allows for flexible use and easy reference. It offers coverage of general relativity and the Friedmann equations, early universe thermodynamics, recombination and the cosmic microwave background, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, the origin and detection of dark matter, the formation of large-scale structure, baryogenesis and leptogenesis, inflation, dark energy, cosmic rays, neutrino and gamma-ray astrophysics, supersymmetry, Grand Unified Theories, sterile neutrinos, and axions. The book also includes numerous worked examples and homework problems, many with solutions. Particle Cosmology and Astrophysics provides readers with an invaluable entrée to this cross-disciplinary area of research and discovery | ||
650 | _aCosmology | ||
650 | _aAstrophysics | ||
690 | _aPhysics | ||
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