By David H. Lyth, Andrew R. Liddle

• Publisher:Cambridge University Press
• Number Of Pages: 516
• Publication Date:2009-06-30
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 052182849X
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521828499

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Product Description:
This graduate-level textbook gives a thorough account of theoretical cosmologyand perturbations in the early Universe, describing their observationalconsequences and showing how to relate such observations to primordialphysical processes, particularly cosmological inflation.With ambitious observational programs complementing ever-increasingsophistication in theoretical modeling, cosmological studies willremain at the cutting edge of astrophysical studies for the foreseeable future.


For those readers looking for a serious textbook on cosmological inflation,this is it!But of course, they should beware that it is fullytechnical, and has nothing to do with Andrew Liddle's small book, "AnIntroduction to ModernCosmology". This is the real stuff, written by two experts who were instrumental in the development of the "slow-roll inflation" paradigm, and summing up all the latest developments in modern cosmology.
Starting with a small introduction about the hot Big Bang, the authors go on to an in-depth treatment of inflationand its consequences. The simplest model is then exposed and developedinto its extensions, such as the Lambda-CDM model, the currentlyaccepted model of inflationarycosmology.
Needless to say, the book offers also a fairly detailed treatment ofthe CMB and its anisotropies, acoustic oscillations and perturbationtheory, and the CMB power spectrum, which are the latest tools incosmological research.
However, those who are looking for a complete treatment of CMBanisotropies will not find it here.They could turn, for instance, tomany articles on arxiv, e.g.the one by Ruth Durrer(astro-ph/0109522)which develops this subject in more detail.
All in all, this book by Liddle and Lyth will probably serve as a textbook on cosmology for the coming ten years.