Chan Chi Wang = 宇宙微波背景輻射中之溫度與偏振各向不同性 / 陳志宏. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-98). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chan Chi Wang = Yu zhou wei bo bei jing fu she zhong zhi wen du yu pian zhen ge xiang bu tong xing / Chen Zhihong. / Chapter 1 --- Overviewing modern cosmology --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Discoveries in Cosmology --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Cosmological Model --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Cosmic Expansion --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- The Metric and Friedmann Cosmology --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Thermodynamics of Matter and Radiation --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Timeline of the universe --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3 --- Formation of CMB and Its Anisotropics --- p.17 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- CMB --- p.17 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- CMB anisotropics --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4 --- Motivation and Thesis Outline --- p.21 / Chapter 2 --- The Recombination process --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Saha approximation --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Peebles recombination --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- The RECFAST calculation --- p.28 / Chapter 3 --- The Boltzmann equations --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- Boltzmann Equation for Photons --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Collision Term --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2 --- Boltzmann Equations for Matter --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Cold Dark Matter (CDM) --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Baryons --- p.38 / Chapter 3.3 --- Summary --- p.40 / Chapter 4 --- Formalism of CMB Anisotropies Calculation --- p.42 / Chapter 4.1 --- CMB Temperature Spectrum --- p.42 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- The Tight-coupling Solution --- p.43 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Silk Damping --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- The Free-Streaming Solution for fully decoupled cosmic fluid --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2 --- CMB Polarization Spectrum --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- The E-mode and B-mode extractions --- p.48 / Chapter 4.3 --- The CMBFAST code --- p.50 / Chapter 4.4 --- Dependences on ionization history --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Recombination history --- p.53 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Reionization history --- p.57 / Chapter 5 --- Softening of Equation of State during Recombination --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1 --- Recombination Revisited --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2 --- EOS softening by Recombination --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3 --- Numerical Results --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary and Discussions --- p.72 / Chapter 6 --- Time Varying Fundamental Constants --- p.74 / Chapter 6.1 --- Background --- p.74 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Validity of time-varying fundamental constants --- p.76 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- The problem of units --- p.77 / Chapter 6.2 --- Theory --- p.78 / Chapter 6.3 --- Results --- p.79 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Changing the electric charge --- p.80 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Changing the electron mass --- p.82 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Changing the cosmological constant --- p.85 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Changing the speed of light --- p.87 / Chapter 6.4 --- Some concluding notes --- p.90 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.92 / Bibliography --- p.94
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324444 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Contributors | Chan, Chi Wang., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xi, 98 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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