Relativistic Astrophysics, 2: The Structure and Evolution of the UniverseThough the kinematics of the evolving universe became known decades ago, research into the physics of processes occurring in the expanding universe received a reliable observational and theoretical basis only in more recent years. These achievements have led in turn to the emergence of new problems, on which an unusually active assault has begun. This second volume of Relativistic Astrophysics provides a remarkably complete picture of the present state of cosmology. It is a synthesis of the theoretical foundations of contemporary cosmology, which are derived from work in relativity, plasma theory, thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and particle physics. It presents the theoretical work that explains, describes, and predicts the nature of the universe, the physical process that occur in it, the formation of galaxies, the synthesis of the light elements, and the cosmological singularity and the theory of gravitation. This book, long and eagerly awaited, is essential for everyone whose work is related to cosmology and astrophysics. |
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Contents
LOCAL PROPERTIES OF THE HOMOGENEOUS | 3 |
RELATIVISTIC THEORY OF | 20 |
THE PROPAGATION OF PHOTONS AND NEUTRINOS | 33 |
THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT | 99 |
INTRODUCTION TO PART II | 117 |
THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM AT THE BEGINNING | 134 |
THE KINETICS OF ELEMENTARYPARTICLE | 153 |
THE RADIATIONDOMINATED PLASMA AND | 189 |
THEORIES OF GALAXY FORMATION | 350 |
RESEARCH ON PERTURBATIONS USING THE RELIC | 419 |
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES IN COSMOLOGY | 449 |
INTRODUCTION TO PART IV | 477 |
Form | 490 |
THE PHYSICS OF PROCESSES DURING | 511 |
A GENERAL ANALYSIS OF HOMOGENEOUS | 530 |
THE COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY | 569 |
INTRODUCTION TO PART III | 237 |
INSTABILITY IN THE HOT MODEL | 265 |
GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY IN THE GENERAL | 285 |
STATISTICAL THEORY | 310 |
THE NONLINEAR THEORY OF PERTURBATIONS | 325 |
PHYSICAL PROCESSES NEAR A SINGULARITY | 581 |
REFERENCES | 675 |
AUTHOR INDEX | 699 |
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| Title | Relativistic Astrophysics, 2: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe Volume 2 of Relativistic Astrophysics, Igorʹ Dmitrievich Novikov Volume 2 of Relativistic Astrophysics: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe, Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich Volume 2 of Zel'dovič, Jakov B.: Relativistic astrophysics |
| Authors | I͡Akov Borisovich Zelʹdovich, I. D. Novikov |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0226979571, 9780226979571 |
| Length | 751 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / General Science / Physics / Astrophysics |
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