The Cosmic Microwave Background [Paperback]

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Cosmological Background Radiation, Strasbourg, France, May 27-June 7, 1996I: Introduction, Mathematical Tools and Background. An Introduction to CBR Studies: Spectrum, Degree-Scale Fluctuations, Foregrounds and Interferometry; R.B. Partridge. Elements of General Relativity, Cosmology and the Cosmic Microwave Background; J.L. Sanz. Statistics and Random Functions in Astrophysics; B.J.T. Jones. Structure Formation; J. Silk. II: CMB Anisotropies. Calculation of Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropies and Implications; E.F. Bunn. The CMB Anisotropy Experiments: Cosmic Microwave Background; G.F. Smoot. III: CMB Spectrum. The CMBR-Spectrum: A Theoretical Introduction; A. Stebbins. The CMB Spectrum; G.F. Smoot. IV: Astroparticle Physics. Inflation and the Cosmic Background Radiation: What Every Cosmologist Needs to Know; M.S. Turner. Primordial Chemistry and Cosmic Background Radiation; M. Signori, et al. The Cosmic Background Radiation and Elementary Particles; P. Salati. V: CMB Polarization. Polarization of the Microwave Background: Experiments; F. Melchiorri, et al. Polarization of the Microwave Background: Theoretical Framework; A. Melchiorri, N. Vittorio. Index.Springer Book Archives