The Cosmic Microwave Background - Rilegato

Durrer, Ruth

 
9781107135222: The Cosmic Microwave Background

Sinossi

This graduate textbook describes the physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background, arguably the most important topic in modern cosmology.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Ruth Durrer is a full Professor at the Department of Theoretical Physics at Geneva University and was the department director for about 10 years. She previously held junior positions at Zürich, Princeton and Cambridge. Among her other duties, she was a member of the Swiss Research Council and of the evaluation board for ERC Advanced Grants. She has written more than 230 research papers and reviews on different topics in cosmology. Her main research subjects are the CMB and large scale structure, topological defects, cosmological phase transitions, cosmic magnetic fields and gravitational waves.

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