Cosmology and the universe

This thesis studies various aspects of non-critical strings both as an example of a non-trivial and solvable model of quantum gravity and as a consistent approximation to the confining flux tube in quantum chromodynamics (QCD).

Carl Sagan once noted that there is only one generation that gets to see things for the first time.

Best-selling, accessible physics-first introduction to GR uses minimal new mathematics and begins with the essential physical applications.

Covariant Physics: From Classical Mechanics to General Relativity and Beyond endeavours to provide undergraduate students as well as self-learners with training in the fundamentals of the modern theories of spacetime, most notably the general theory of relativity as well as physics in curved spacetime backgrounds in general.

Early Universe cosmology is an active area of research and cosmic inflation is a pillar of modern cosmology.

Presents the particle dynamics relevant to general relativity, and the field dynamics necessary to understand the theory, to advanced undergraduates.

Explore spectacular advances in contemporary physics with this unique celebration of the centennial of Einstein''s discovery of general relativity.

This volume documents the theoretical and observational results and arguments in favour of (or against) the most preferred models of structure formation.

"In diesem innovativen Astronomie-Buch werden astronomische Theorien, die Geschichte der Raumfahrt und über 100 zentrale Ideen der Astronomie galaktisch-gut erklärt.

Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don t have the rest of eternity to read up on it?

Proceedings of the conference ''Logical Foundations of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics - Kurt Gödel''s Legacy'', held in 1996.

The book is about exact space-time models of the gravitational fields produced by gravitational radiation.

A comprehensive graduate-level review of GRB astrophysics and its history, featuring the latest research by an international team of experts.

Astrophysical observations implying the existence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, which are not described by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, have led to extensions of the SM predicting new particles that could be directly produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, NEW SCIENTIST, BBC FOCUS, INDEPENDENT AND WASHINGTON POST 'A rollicking tour of the wildest physics.

The discovery of life on other planets would be perhaps the most momentous revelation in human history, more disorienting and more profound than either the Copernican or Darwinian revolutions, which knocked the earth from the center of the universe and humankind from its position of lofty self-regard.

This volumes in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers the current scientific understanding of the creation and evolution of the universe.

Tackling galactic evolution in a truly novel way, this outstanding thesis statistically explores the long-term evolution of galaxies, using recent theoretical breakthroughs that explicitly account for their self-gravity.

Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted universe.

Based on the author's own work and results obtained by renowned cosmologists, this short book provides a concise introduction to the relatively new research field of cosmological thermodynamics.

'Extraordinary' Leonard Susskind'A rare event' Sean Carroll_____When leading theoretical physicist Professor Michael Dine was asked where you could find an accessible and authoritative book that would teach you about the Big Bang, Dark Matter, the Higgs boson and the cutting edge of physics now, he had nothing he could recommend.

Humanity's ongoing quest to unlock the secrets of dark matter and dark energyHeart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe.

This thesis reports on the search for dark matter in data taken with the ATLAS detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

A timely 2004 review of developments in cosmochemistry over the last decade.

Introduces the physics of general relativity in relation to modern topics such as gamma-ray bursts, black holes, and gravitational waves.

Everyone knows that the universe is extremely old and extremely large.

This thesis uses the tools of quantum information science to uncover fascinating new insights about the intersection of quantum theory and relativity.

A unique book explaining Einstein''s special theory of relativity through diagrams rather than equations, for physics students and non-science majors.

This thesis describes the search for Dark Matter at the LHC in the mono-jet plus missing transverse momentum final state, using the full dataset recorded in 2012 by the ATLAS Experiment.

Explaining the Cosmos is a major reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates.

In Warped Passages one of the world's most exciting scientists gives us a glimpse into our future.

This book consolidates the latest research on the Hadean Eon - the first 500 million years of Earth history - which has permitted hypotheses of early Earth evolution to be tested, including geophysical models that include the possibility of plate tectonic-like behavior.

The Proceedings contain lectures given at the 8th annual Physics Summer School held at The Australian National University.

Martin Harwit''s influential book, Cosmic Discovery, is rereleased after more than 35 years, with a new Preface by the author.

Early Universe cosmology is an active area of research and cosmic inflation is a pillar of modern cosmology.

Lisa Kaltenegger offers first-hand access to her expertise on the search for planets in the universe, and the life they may contain.

A fresh and more capacious reading of the Western religious tradition on nature and creation, Thinking Nature and the Nature of Thinking puts medieval Irish theologian John Scottus Eriugena (810-877) into conversation with American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).

MUL.

The main focus of this thesis is the mathematical structure of Group Field Theories (GFTs) from the point of view of renormalization theory.

This book introduces the phenomenology of gravitational lensing in an accessible manner and provides a thorough discussion of the related astrophysical applications.

This book is an enhanced and expanded English edition of the treatise "e;Fondamenti matematici e analisi numerica della dinamica di un Universo isotropo,"e; published by the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino in volume no.

Globetrotter war gestern!

The papers in this volume present a recent survey of important results in the field of supernovae and pulsars.

Line intensity mapping (LIM) is an observational technique that probes the large-scale structure of the Universe by collecting light from a wide field of the sky.

Our Place in the Universe tells the story of our world, formation of the first galaxies and stars formed from great clouds containing the primordial elements made in the first few minutes; birth of stars, their lives and deaths in fiery supernova explosions; formation of the solar system, its planets and many moons; life on Earth, its needs and vicissitudes on land and in the seas; finally exoplanets, planets that surround distant stars.

Black holes are one of the most fascinating predictions of general relativity.