Physics 156 - A Cosmology Workbook

by Lloyd Knox

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By reading and also working through the exercises the student in their third or fourth year of a physics major will learn of the broad outlines of our modern conception of the cosmos. Subjects covered include space curvature, space expansion, redshifts, cosmological distance measures, Newtonian gravitational dynamics in an expanding universe, the contents of the cosmos including dark matter and dark energy, and observable relics of the hot and dense universe of 14 billion years ago.

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University of California, Davis
Subjects
Physics
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Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. About the Authors
  7. 1: Workbook
  8. 1.1: Overview
  9. 1.2: Spacetime Geometry
  10. 1.3: Redshifts
  11. 1.4: Spatially Homogeneous and Isotropic Spacetimes
  12. 1.5: Euclidean Geometry
  13. 1.6: Distances as Determined by Standard Candles
  14. 1.7: The Distance-Redshift Relation
  15. 1.8: Dynamics of the Expansion
  16. 1.9: A Newtonian Homogeneous Expanding Universe
  17. 1.10: The Friedmann Equation
  18. 1.11: Particle Kinematics in an Expanding Universe - Newtonian Analysis
  19. 1.12: The Evolution of Mass-Energy Density and a First Glance at the Contents of the Cosmos
  20. 1.13: Energy and Momentum Conservation
  21. 1.14: Pressure and Energy Density Evolution
  22. 1.15: Distance and Magnitude
  23. 1.16: Parallax, Cepheid Variables, Supernovae, and Distance Measurement
  24. 1.17: Cosmological Data Analysis
  25. 1.18: The Early Universe
  26. 1.19: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
  27. 1.19.1: Chapter 19 footnotes
  28. 1.20: Equilibrium Particle Abundances
  29. 1.21: Hot and Cold Relics of the Big Bang
  30. 1.22: Overview of Thermal History
  31. 1.23: Big Bang Nucleosynthesis - Predictions
  32. 1.24: Big Bang Nucleosynthesis - Observations
  33. 1.25: Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background
  34. 1.26: The Spectrum of the CMB
  35. 1.27: Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies
  36. 1.28: Solving the Wave Equation with Fourier Transforms
  37. 1.29: The First Few Hundred Thousand Years- The Dynamics of the Primordial Plasma
  38. 1.30: Structure Formation
  39. 1.31: Galaxy Formation
  40. 1.32: Euclidean Geometry
  41. 1.33: Curvature
  42. 1.34: Galilean Relativity
  43. 1.35: Einstein Relativity
  44. 1.36: The Simplest Expanding Spacetime
  45. 1.37: Redshifts
  46. Back Matter
  47. Index
  48. Glossary
  49. Detailed Licensing
  50. Detailed Licensing