The classic account of the structure and evolution of the early universe from Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles
An instant landmark on its publication, The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe remains the essential introduction to this vital area of research. Written by one of the world's most esteemed theoretical cosmologists, it provides an invaluable historical introduction to the subject, and an enduring overview of key methods, statistical measures, and techniques for dealing with cosmic evolution. With characteristic clarity and insight, P. J. E. Peebles focuses on the largest known structures—galaxy clusters—weighing the empirical evidence of the nature of clustering and the theories of how it evolves in an expanding universe. A must-have reference for students and researchers alike, this edition of The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe introduces a new generation of readers to a classic text in modern cosmology.
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Publisher
Princeton University PressYear
2020Print ISBN
9780691082400
9780691082394
eBook ISBN
9780691206714
Topic
Physical SciencesSubtopic
Astronomy & Astrophysics422
INDEX
two-point
correlation
functions
(continued)
lations
of
matter,
autocorrelation
func-
tion,
BBGKY
hierarchy,
cross
correlation
function,
galaxy
two-point
correlation
function,
mass
correlation
functions,
spa-
tial
two-point
correlation
function
velocity,
see
peculiar
velocity
velocity
of
sound,
20,
68 ,
317,
330,
337
virial
theorem
112,
282;
cosmic,
280----84;
tensor,
133
virialization,
see
collapse
Vlasov
equation,
24,
45-47,
263,
345-52.
See
also
Liouville's
theorem
vorticity,
67,
72-73,
90,
99,
103
-
10;
origin,
102,
104,
109
white
hole
scenarios,
34
window
function,
121,
131
-
32,
179,
182,
187
X-ray
backgound,
10
young
galaxies,
see
protogalaxies
Zwicky
catalog
galaxies,
142,
221;
correla-
tion
functions,
195,
221
-
25
,
238-39,
247;
effective
depth,
220
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- I. HOMOGENEITY AND CLUSTERING
- II. BEHAVIOR OF IRREGULARITIES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATTER: NEWTONIAN APPROXIMATION
- III. n-POINT CORRELATION FUNCTIONS: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
- IV. DYNAMICS AND STATISTICS
- V. RELATIVISTIC THEORY OF THE BEHAVIOR OF IRREGULARITIES IN AN EXPANDING WORLD MODEL
- VI. SCENARIOS
- APPENDIX
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
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