Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure (Hardcover, 2)

Preface.

Introduction.

PART 1: COSMOLOGICAL MODELS.

First Principles.

The Friedmann Models.

Alternative Cosmologies.

Observational Properties of the Universe.

PART 2: THE HOT BIG BANG MODEL.

Thermal History of the Hot Big Bang Model.

The Very Early Universe.

Phase Transitions and Inflation.

The Lepton Era.

The Plasma Era.

PART 3: THEORY OF STRUCTURE FORMATION.

Introduction to Jeans Theory.

Gravitational Instability of Baryonic Matter.

Non-Baryonic Matter.

Cosmological Perturbations.

Non-Linear Evolution.

Models of Structure Formation

PART 4: OBSERVATIONAL TESTS.

Statistics of Galaxy Clustering.

The Cosmic Microwave Background.

Peculiar Motions of Galaxies.

Gravitational Lensing.

The High-Redshift Universe.

A Forward Look.

Appendices

References.

Index.