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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This fourth edition of Börner's The Early Universe is practically a new book, not just an updated version. In particular, to meet the wishes of many readers, it is now organized so as to make it more useful as a textbook. Problem sections are appended, too. In the center are the connections between particle physics and cosmology: the standard model, some basic implications of quantum field theory, and the questions of structure formation. A special feature is the comparison of theoretical predictions with observations in order to separate "facts from fiction". Special emphasis is given to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background and the consequences drawn for cosmology and for the structure formation models. Nuclear and particle physicists and astrophysicists, researchers and teachers as well as graduate students will welcome this new edition of a classic text and reference.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Preface to the Fourth Edition.

-Preface to the First Edition.

-Acknowledgements.

-Contents.

-Part I. The Standard Big-Bang Model.

-1. The Cosmological Models.
-2. Facts - Observations of Cosmological Significance.
-3. Thermodynamics of the Early Universe in the Classical Hot Big-Bang Picture.
-4. Can the Standard Model Be Verified Experimentally?

-Part II. Particle Physics and Cosmology.

-5. Gauge Theories and the Standard Model.
-6. Grand Unification Schemes.
-7. Relic Particles from the Early Universe.
-8. Baryon Synthesis.
-9. The Inflationary Universe.

-3. Part III. Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation.

-10. Typical Scales - From Observation and Theory.
-11. The Evolution of Small Perturbations.
-12. Non-linear Structure Formation.

-A. The Gauge-Invariant Theory of Perturbations.

-References.

-Index.