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"Meant as a review for students of astrophysics and particle physics, this book contains a selection of survey articles and seminar reports on ""high energy cosmology"". Included are contributions on topics ranging from classical cosmology, large scale structure, and primordial nucleosynthesis to quantum cosmology, covering both the theoretical aspects and the most important observations."

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Author:   John D. Barrow ,  Alfredo B. Henriques ,  Maria T.V.T. Lago ,  Malcom S. Longair
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Volume:   383
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9783662138151

ISBN 10:   3662138158
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   20 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Gravitation and hot big-bang cosmology.- Euclideanized Einstein-Yang-Mills equations, wormholes and the ground-state wave function of a radiation dominated Universe.- Experiments with neutrinos.- Topological defects in the early universe.- The space telescope and the problems of cosmology.- Self-gravitating magnetic monopoles, global monopoles and black holes.- Understanding large-scale cosmic structure.- Metric space as a model of spacetime: Classical theory and quantization.- Galaxy formation — An update.- The hypothesis of the expansion of the universe and the global tests.- The early universe behaviour with non-minimal coupling.- Stability of compactification in Einstein-Yang-Mills theories.- Multivariate analysis and pattern recognition methods: A short review and some current directions.- Cooling of neutron stars.- Experiments in high energy physics: A brief introduction.- Nucleosynthesis in big-bang models.- The cosmological constant, third quantization and all that.- Structure of the inflationary universe.

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