Paths to Dark Energy

Theory and Observation
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-025854-7
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 404 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 881 g

Reihe: De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics

This work provides the current theory and observations behind the cosmological phenomenon of dark energy. The approach is comprehensive with 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) in dark energy formulation, as well as the frontiers of dark energy. The authors do not presuppose advanced knowledge of astronomy, and basic mathematical concepts used in modern cosmology are presented in a simple, but rigorous way. All this makes the book useful for both astronomers and physicists, and also for university students of physical sciences.

Zielgruppe

Theoretical Physicists, Cosmologists, Lecturers and Graduate Students

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byrd, Gene

Byrd, Gene Gilbert

Valtonen, Mauri

Chernin, Arthur D.

Teerikorpi, Pekka

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Über Autor(innen)

Gene Byrd, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA; Arthur D. Chernin, Moscow State University, Russia; Pekka Teerikorpi and Mauri Valtonen, University of Turku, Finland.