Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Russian edition
- Preface to the English edition
- 1 Observational foundations of modern cosmology
- 2 Kinetics of electromagnetic radiation in a uniform Universe
- 3 The ionization history of the Universe
- 4 Primordial CMB and small perturbations of uniform cosmological model
- 5 Primary anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background
- 6 Primordial polarization of the cosmic microwave background
- 7 Statistical properties of random fields of anisotropy and polarization in the CMB
- 8 The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
- 9 The ‘Planckian era’ in the study of anisotropy and polarization of the CMB
- 10 Conclusion
- References
- Index
2 - Kinetics of electromagnetic radiation in a uniform Universe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 August 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Russian edition
- Preface to the English edition
- 1 Observational foundations of modern cosmology
- 2 Kinetics of electromagnetic radiation in a uniform Universe
- 3 The ionization history of the Universe
- 4 Primordial CMB and small perturbations of uniform cosmological model
- 5 Primary anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background
- 6 Primordial polarization of the cosmic microwave background
- 7 Statistical properties of random fields of anisotropy and polarization in the CMB
- 8 The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
- 9 The ‘Planckian era’ in the study of anisotropy and polarization of the CMB
- 10 Conclusion
- References
- Index
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- The Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background , pp. 33 - 52Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006