Leung Po Kin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-91). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Leung Po Kin. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The expanding universe --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Brief Thermal History of The Universe --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Cosmic Microwave background --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- CMB Anisotropy --- p.8 / Chapter 1.4 --- Structure Formation --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5 --- Current Observation --- p.9 / Chapter 2 --- Recombination --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Ionization Fraction --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Saha Equations --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Rate Equation --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Matter Temperature --- p.16 / Chapter 3 --- Review of Structure Formation Theory --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1 --- Basic Ideas --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Power Spectrum --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2 --- Equations that govern Structure Formation --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Newtonian theory --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Boltzmann equation --- p.25 / Chapter 4 --- Review of CMB Anisotropies Theory --- p.28 / Chapter 4.1 --- CMB Physics --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Tight Coupling Limit --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Diffusion Damping and Free Streaming --- p.30 / Chapter 4.2 --- Numerical Method --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Solving Systems of Boltzmann Equations --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Line of Sight Integration --- p.32 / Chapter 5 --- Effect of recombination --- p.35 / Chapter 5.1 --- Effect of Recombination --- p.35 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Cosmic Reheating and Softening --- p.35 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Release of Heat --- p.36 / Chapter 5.2 --- Effect on expansion of the universe --- p.36 / Chapter 5.3 --- Effect on ionization fraction --- p.38 / Chapter 5.4 --- Recombination softening --- p.38 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Results --- p.40 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Discussion and Summary --- p.44 / Chapter 6 --- Change of Fundamental Constants --- p.53 / Chapter 6.1 --- Change of fundamental constants --- p.54 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Some conceptual problems --- p.55 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Effect on CMB --- p.56 / Chapter 6.2 --- Friedmann equations --- p.57 / Chapter 6.3 --- Baryon temperature --- p.64 / Chapter 6.4 --- Ionization fraction --- p.66 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Better treatment --- p.67 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Numerical calculation --- p.70 / Chapter 6.5 --- Effect on different physics of formation of CMB --- p.77 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Properties of photon-baryon fluid --- p.78 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Diffusion damping --- p.80 / Chapter 6.6 --- Conclusion --- p.84 / Bibliography --- p.86 / Chapter A --- Boltzmann equations --- p.92 / Chapter B --- Comparison of the energy terms --- p.95 / Chapter C --- Discussion of the analytic method for CMB temperature spec- trum --- p.99
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323862 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Contributors | Leung, Po Kin., 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, 102 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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