WHY CMB PHYSICS?

2007/03/28 by Massimo Giovannini · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #COSMIC cancer database #Cosmic background radiation #Cosmic microwave background #Cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark energy #Physical cosmology #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical physics #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217751x07036919

published as Int.J.Mod.Phys.A22:2697-2894,2007 · 179 pages, 27 figures

arxiv created 2007/03/28 · openalex publication_date 2007/07/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The aim of the lectures in this paper is to introduce some basic problems arising in gravitation and modern cosmology. All along the discussion the guiding theme is provided by the phenomenological and theoretical properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). These lectures have been prepared for a regular PhD course of the University of Milan-Bicocca.

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