Dark Energy
Dark Energy
Shinji Tsujikawa, Tokyo University of Science
Dark energy, the mysterious cause of the accelerating expansion of the universe, is one of the most important fields of research in astrophysics and cosmology today. Introducing the theoretical ideas, observational methods and results, this textbook is ideally suited to graduate courses on dark energy, and will also supplement advanced cosmology courses. Providing a thorough introduction to this exciting field, the textbook covers the cosmological constant, quintessence, k-essence, perfect fluid models, extra-dimensional models, and modified gravity. Observational research is reviewed, from the cosmic microwave background to baryon acoustic oscillations, weak lensing and cluster abundances. Every chapter ends with problems, with full solutions provided, and any calculations are worked through step-by-step.
- Covers the cosmological constant, quintessence, k-essence, perfect fluid models, extra-dimensional models, and modified gravity
- Reviews observational research on the cosmic microwave background, baryon acoustic oscillations, weak lensing and cluster abundances
- Step-by-step calculations and many exercises with full solutions help students understand the material
Reviews & endorsements
'… tightly-packed, of a high standard, making appreciable demands upon the reader, student and researcher … [this book] succeeds in its purpose of bringing the reader closer to an appreciation of the wonders and the complexities that cosmology sets out to elucidate.' Contemporary Physics
'One strength of Amendola and Tsujikawa's book is the level of detail it provides on dark energy models … comprehensive.' Joshua Frieman, Physics Today
Product details
January 2015Paperback
9781107453982
503 pages
246 × 175 × 22 mm
1kg
63 b/w illus. 44 exercises
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Table of Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Expansion history of the universe
- 3. Correlation function and power spectrum
- 4. Basics of cosmological perturbation theory
- 5. Observational evidence of dark energy
- 6. Cosmological constant
- 7. Dark energy as a modified form of matter I: quintessence
- 8. Dark energy as a modified form of matter II
- 9. Dark energy as a modification of gravity
- 10. Cosmic acceleration without dark energy
- 11. Dark energy and linear cosmological perturbations
- 12. Non-linear cosmological perturbations
- 13. Statistical methods in cosmology
- 14. Future observational constraints on the nature of dark energy
- 15. Conclusion and outlook
- 16. Answers to the problems
- 17. Mathematical appendix
- Index.
