22. Gravitational Evolution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. 2019 Nobel Lecture: How Physical Cosmology Grew xi
4. Preface xxv
5. I. The Development of Physical Cosmology
6. 1. The Standard Cosmological Model 3
7. 2. Mach's Principle and the Cosmological Principle 10
8. 3. The Realm of the Nebulae 16
9. 4. Einstein's World Model 58
10. 5. The Expanding Universe 70
11. 6. The Thermal Cosmic Background Radiation 131
12. 7. Alternative Cosmologies 196
13. II. General Relativity and Cosmology
14. 8. General Covariance 227
15. 9. Motions of Free Test Particles 244
16. 10. Field Equations 256
17. 11. Wall, String, and Spherical Solutions 280
18. 12. Robertson-Walker Geometry 298
19. 13. Neoclassical Cosmological Tests 310
20. 14. Cosmology in an Inhomogeneous Universe 343
21. III. Topics in Modern Cosmology
22. 15. Challenges for the Standard Model 361
23. 16. Walls, Strings, Monopoles, and Textures 373
24. 17. Inflation 392
25. 18. Dark Matter 417
26. 19. Measures of the Galaxy Distribution 457
27. 20. Dynamical Mass Measures 475
28. 21. The Large-Scale Mass Distribution 500
29. 22. Gravitational Evolution 527
30. 23. Young Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium 548
31. 24. Diffuse Matter and the Cosmic Radiation Backgrounds 573
32. 25. Galaxy Formation 608
33. 26. Lessons and Issues 663
34. References 685
35. Index 711