Lectures on Cosmology Accelerated Expansion of the Universe /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wolschin, Georg (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 800
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Cosmology.; Statistics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.

The lectures that four authors present in this volume investigate core topics related to the accelerated expansion of the Universe. The first lecture covers the inflationary period in the very early Universe. The second lecture revolves around the accelerated expansion of the late Universe at redshi...

Table of Contents:

• Inflation and Cosmological Perturbations
• Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology
• Modified Gravity Models of Dark Energy
• Statistical Methods in Cosmology.