Paths to dark energy : theory and observation / Gene Gilbert Byrd [and others].
- Published
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 403 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Byrd, Gene G.
Access Online
- Series
- Contents
- Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. The start of the paths -- Chapter 2. General Relativity: apparent acceleration of gravity -- Chapter 3. Tests of General Relativity -- Chapter 4. Curved space in cosmology -- Chapter 5. Finite versus infinite universe in space and time -- Chapter 6. Cosmology and the ''first appearance'' of dark energy -- Chapter 7. Einstein's equations, critical density and dark energy -- Chapter 8. Model Universes -- Chapter 9. Dark energy discovered -- Chapter 10. Relics: cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons and neutrinos -- Chapter 11. Baryonic matter -- Chapter 12. Discovering dark matter -- Chapter 13. Dark matter and baryonic structures -- Chapter 14. Dark energy and gravitating matter from structure in the universe -- Chapter 15. The local path to dark energy -- Chapter 16. Cosmological inflation -- Chapter 17. Cosmic internal symmetry -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Summary
- This work provides the current theory and observations behind the cosmological phenomenon of dark energy. The approach is comprehensivewith rigorous mathematical theory and relevant astronomical observations discussed in context. The book treats the background and history starting with the new-found importance of Einstein's cosmological constant (proposed long ago for the opposite purpose) in dark energy formulation, as well as the frontiers of dark energy.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9783110258783 (electronic bk.)
3110258781 (electronic bk.)
9783110258547 (electronic bk.)
3110258544 (electronic bk.)
9781283627948 (MyiLibrary)
1283627949 (MyiLibrary) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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