The Early Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background: Theory and Observations

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Norma G. Sānchez, Yuri N. Parijskij
Springer Science & Business Media, 6 dec 2012 - 574 pagina's
The goal of the Daniel Chalonge School on Astrofundamental Physics is to contribute to a theory of the universe (and particularly of the early universe) up to the marks, and at the scientific height of, the unprecedented accuracy, existent and expected, in the observational data. The impressive development of modern cosmology during the last decades is to a large extent due to its unification with elementary particle physics and quantum field theory. The cross-section between these fields has been increasing setting up Astrofundamental Physics. The early universe is an exceptional (theoretical and experimental) laboratory in this new discipline. This NATO Advanced Study Institute provided an up dated understanding, from a fundamental physics and deep point of view, of the progress and key issues in the early universe and the cosmic microwave background: theory and observations. The genuine interplay with large scale structure formation and dark matter problem were discussed. The central focus was placed on the cosmic microwave background. Emphasis was given to the precise inter-relation between fundamental physics and cosmology in these problems, both at the theoretical and experimental/observational levels, within a deep and well defined programme which provided in addition, a careful interdisciplinarity. Special sessions were devoted to high energy cosmic rays, neutrinos in astrophysics, and high energy astrophysics. Deep understanding, clarification, synthesis, careful interdisciplinarity within a fundamental physics framework, were the main goals of the course.
 

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Early Cosmology and Fundamental Physics
2
A Synthesis Report
19
Information from the Beginning
38
The Interior of Black Holes and their Astrophysics
47
Primordial Magnetic Fields from Cosmological Phase Transitions
65
Magnetogenesis Variation of Gauge Couplings and Inflation
101
Window to the Very Early Universe and some problems of uK Astrophysics
129
Cosmological Parameters from Microwave Background Anisotropies
140
Initial Conditions Discreteness and NonLinear Structure Formation
263
Statistical Mechanics of the SelfGravitating Gas Thermodynamic Limit
291
Statistical Mechanics and Galaxy Clustering
322
Astrophysics at the Highest Energy Frontiers
351
Science and First Results
401
F HALZEN 401
429
Cosmic Zevatrons 2
451
Origin of Cosmic Magnetic Fields
471

Topology of the Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
159
Missing Parameters in the CMB Physics
177
Cosmology with the SZ Effect
201
The Wave Mechanics of LargeScale Structure
219
P COLES 219
245
Cosmic Rays from PeV to ZeV Stellar Evolution Supernova Physics
489
Cosmic Rays and Space Weather
517
AUTHOR INDEX
573
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