Galaxy formation /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
Springer,
[2008]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Astronomy and astrophysics library.
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Table of Contents:
- A brief history of cosmology and galaxy formation
- The large-scale structure of the universe
- Galaxies
- Clusters of galaxies
- The theoretical framework
- An introduction to relativistic gravity
- The Friedmann world models
- The determination of cosmological parameters
- The thermal history of the universe
- Nucleosynthesis in the early universe
- The evolution of perturbations in the standard big bang
- More tools and problems
- Dark matter and galaxy formation
- Correlation functions and the spectrum of the initial fluctuations
- Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation
- The post-recombination era
- The evolution of galaxies and active galaxies and active galaxies with cosmic epoch
- The intergalactic medium
- Making real galaxies
- The very early universe.