Rilegato

ISBN 10: 052182849X ISBN 13: 9780521828499

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

This graduate-level textbook gives a thorough account of theoretical cosmology and perturbations in the early Universe, describing their observational consequences and showing how to relate such observations to primordial physical processes, particularly cosmological inflation. With ambitious observational programs complementing ever-increasing sophistication in theoretical modeling, cosmological studies will remain at the cutting edge of astrophysical studies for the foreseeable future.

Book Description:

The origin and evolution of the primordial perturbation is key to understanding structure formation in the earliest stages of the Universe. Giving a thorough account of theoretical cosmology and perturbations in the early Universe, this graduate-level textbook describes their observational consequences and how such observations relate to primordial physical processes.

About the Author:

David H. Lyth is Professor of Particle Astrophysics in the Physics Department at Lancaster University.

Andrew R. Liddle is Professor of Astrophysics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sussex.