Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
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Absolute magnitude
Acceleration
Adiabatic theorem
Amplitude
Antimatter
Apparent magnitude
Approximation
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Autocorrelation
Big Bang
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Chronology of the universe
Continuous spectrum
Correlation function
Correlation function (quantum field theory)
Cosmic dust
Cosmic microwave background
Cosmological constant
Cosmological principle
Density
Distance measures (cosmology)
Effective mass (solid-state physics)
Elliptical galaxy
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Equation
Exponential growth
Galaxy cluster
Gravitational acceleration
Gravitational field
Gravitational potential
Gravitational redshift
Gravitational wave
Gravity
Hubble's law
Hypersurface
Infinitesimal transformation
Large numbers
Luminosity function (astronomy)
Mach's principle
Mass concentration (astronomy)
Mass distribution
Mass excess
Metric expansion of space
Minkowski space
Neutrino
Number density
Order of magnitude
Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
Photon
Physical cosmology
Power law
Protogalaxy
Quantity
Quantum mechanics
Quantum process
Radiation pressure
Redshift
Renormalization
Scale invariance
Shape of the universe
Solar mass
Spectral density
Speed of light
Spherical model
Spheroid
Spiral galaxy
Star count
Star system
Subatomic particle
Supercluster
Supernova
Volume element
Wavelength
Product details
- ISBN 9780691082400
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 21 Nov 1980
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Opinions on the large-scale structure of the early universe range widely from primeval chaos to a well-ordered mass distribution. P.J.E. Peebles argues that the evolution proceeded from a nearly uniform initial state to a progressively more irregular and clumpy universe. The discussion centers on the largest known structures, the clusters of galaxies, the empirical evidence of the nature of the clustering, and the theories of how the clustering evolves in an expanding universe. In Chapter One the author provides an historical introduction to the subject. Chapter Two contains a survey of methods used to deal with the Newtonian approximation to the theory of the evolution of the mass distribution. Recent progress in the use of statistical measures of the clustering is described in Chapter Three. Chapters Four and Five return to techniques for dealing with cosmic evolution, in the statistical measures of clustering and under general relativity theory. Lastly, in Chapter Six Professor Peebles assesses the progress in attempts to link theory and observation to arrive at a well established physical picture of the nature and evolution of the universe.
P. J. E. Peebles is a Nobel Prize–winning physicist and the author of Cosmology's Century, Principles of Physical Cosmology, and Quantum Mechanics (all Princeton). He is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University.
