Chapter 4. Curved space in cosmology

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. Chapter 1. The start of the paths 1
5. Chapter 2. General Relativity: apparent acceleration of gravity 15
6. Chapter 3. Tests of General Relativity 20
7. Chapter 4. Curved space in cosmology 36
8. Chapter 5. Finite versus infinite universe in space and time 49
9. Chapter 6. Cosmology and the ‘‘first appearance’’ of dark energy 66
10. Chapter 7. Einstein’s equations, critical density and dark energy 77
11. Chapter 8. Model Universes 88
12. Chapter 9. Dark energy discovered 103
13. Chapter 10. Relics: cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons and neutrinos 123
14. Chapter 11. Baryonic matter 148
15. Chapter 12. Discovering dark matter 161
16. Chapter 13. Dark matter and baryonic structures 206
17. Chapter 14. Dark energy and gravitating matter from structure in the universe 249
18. Chapter 15. The local path to dark energy 300
19. Chapter 16. Cosmological inflation 328
20. Chapter 17. Cosmic internal symmetry 346
21. Bibliography 373
22. Index 394