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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254575703321

Autore

Durrive Jean-Baptiste

Titolo

Baryonic Processes in the Large-Scale Structuring of the Universe / / by Jean-Baptiste Durrive

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-61881-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 187 p. 29 illus., 23 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

523.01

Soggetti

Astrophysics

Plasma (Ionized gases)

Cosmology

Magnetism

Magnetic materials

Gravitation

Nuclear physics

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Plasma Physics

Magnetism, Magnetic Materials

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Particle and Nuclear Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Tools -- Magnetogenesis by Photoionization -- Magnetogenesis Throughout the Epoch of Reionization -- Numerical Approach -- Equilibrium States of Cosmic Walls and Filaments -- Spectral Theory -- Stability of Cosmic Walls -- Further Ongoing Works.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis addresses two very different but equally important topics in the very broad fields of astrophysics and cosmology: (I) the generation of cosmological magnetic fields and (II) gravitational fragmentation of the Cosmic Web. All mathematical developments are completed by illuminating physical interpretations, and the thesis, which is guided by



existing observations, is purely theoretical. In part I, the author further develops a magnetogenesis model proposed in the literature, providing an unprecedented level of physical understanding. He demonstrates that the physics of photoionisation is very likely to have premagnetised, at a relevant level, the entire Universe at the early epoch of the formation of the first luminous sources. In part II, the author adapts the tools of plasma spectral theory to the context of gravitational instability of the baryonic gas within the stratified structures of the Cosmic Web. He skillfully derives the wave equation governing the growth of perturbations and explores various equilibrium configurations, in planar and cylindrical geometries characteristic of cosmic walls and filaments, for isothermal and polytropic conditions, with or without an external gravitational background. Clearly structured and written in pedagogical style, this outstanding thesis puts the results into perspective and highlights the merits and limitations of the various approaches explored.