TY  - GEN
AU  - Durrer,Ruth
TI  - Cosmic microwave background
SN  - 9780521847049
U1  - 523.1 23
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Cosmic background radiation.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The homogeneous and isotropic universe --
2. Perturbation theory --
3. Initial conditions --
4. CMB anisotropies --
5. CMB polarization and the total angular momentum approach --
6. Cosmological parameter estimation --
7. Lensing and the CMB --
8. The CMB spectrum --
References --
Index
N2  - Examining the theory of cosmic background radiation and recent developments, this textbook starts with an introduction to modern cosmology and its main successes, followed by a thorough derivation of cosmological perturbation theory. It then explores the generation of initial fluctuations by inflation
ER  -