02492nam 2200589Ia 450 991082215560332120240404153059.01-281-93393-79786611933937981-279-143-4(CKB)1000000000538175(StDuBDS)AH24684964(SSID)ssj0000227080(PQKBManifestationID)11185962(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227080(PQKBWorkID)10263297(PQKB)10784095(MiAaPQ)EBC1681493(WSP)00001936 (Au-PeEL)EBL1681493(CaPaEBR)ebr10255646(CaONFJC)MIL193393(OCoLC)815752222(EXLCZ)99100000000053817520080128d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrA primer on the physics of the cosmic microwave background /Massimo Giovannini1st ed.Singapore ;Hackensack, NJ World Scientificc20081 online resource (xiv, 474 p. ) illFormerly CIP.Uk981-279-142-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-466) and index.Why CMB Physics; Electromagnetic Emission of the Observable Universe; From CMB to the Standard Cosmological Model; Problems with the Standard Cosmological Model (SCM); Beyond the SCM; Essentials of Inflationary Dynamics; Inhomogeneities in FRW Models; The First Lap in CMB Anisotropies; Improved Fluid Description of Pre-Decoupling Physics; Kinetic Hierarchies of Multipole Moments; Early Initial Conditions; Surfing on the Gauges; Interacting Fluids; Spectator Fields; Appendices: The Concept of Distance in Cosmology; Kinetic Description of Hot Plasmas; Scalar Modes of the Geometry; Metric Fluctuations: Gauge Independent Treatment.This title addresses the general motivations and principles that inspire modern searches of a common lore in gravitation, cosmology and high energy physics.Cosmic background radiationPhysicsCosmic background radiation.Physics.523.1Giovannini Massimo37553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822155603321Primer on the physics of the cosmic microwave background1224638UNINA