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Tetrad Formalism for Exact Cosmological Observables

By Ermis Mitsou , Jaiyul Yoo

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Springer
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030500382, 9783030500399
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-50039-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2522334 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs in Physics
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
VIII, 139\144
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07
Physics; Cosmology; Classical and Quantum GravitatRelativity Theory

Description

This book presents a novel mathematical formalism, based on the tetrad formulation of differential geometry, for describing cosmological observables exactly and conveniently. It covers all the standard observables, i.e. distances, weak lensing, number counts and cosmic microwave background, and also includes a detailed derivation of general-relativistic matrix kinetic theory. All the fully nonlinear equations are derived in detail and the mathematical content is self-contained, so that readers require only a basic knowledge of general relativity. Moreover, the authors discuss several subtle issues that are usually overlooked in the literature and, in particular, issues that distinguish this formalism from the more approximative standard practice.

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