Chan, Kwan Chuen = 宇宙微波背景幅射數據對非標準物理的規範 / 陳坤全. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-101). / Text in English, abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chan, Kwan Chuen = Yu zhou wei bo bei jing fu she shu ju dui fei biao zhun wu li de gui fan / Chen Kunquan. / Chapter 1 --- Overview of Cosmology --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Hubble Diagram and Type Ia Supernovae --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- Cosmic Microwave Background --- p.8 / Chapter 1.5 --- Matter Power Spectrum and Galaxy Surveys --- p.10 / Chapter 1.6 --- The Energy Density Budget of the Universe and Outlook --- p.13 / Chapter 2 --- Review of CMB Physics --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1 --- Main Physics of the CMB Power Spectra --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Photon-Baryon Fluid --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Initial Conditions --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Acoustic Peaks --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Baryons in Action --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Damping --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1.6 --- Polarization --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2 --- Computation of CMB Power Spectrum --- p.26 / Chapter 3 --- Constraints on Variation of the Gravitational Constant by CMB --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1 --- Current Constraints on G and Theoretical Motivations --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2 --- Parametrization of G --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3 --- Effect of Variation of G on the CMB Temperature and Polarization Power Spectra --- p.34 / Chapter 3.4 --- Constraining G by MCMC and Discussions --- p.40 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion --- p.45 / Chapter 4 --- Constraints on f(R) Cosmology in the Palatini Formalism --- p.47 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.48 / Chapter 4.2 --- Field Equations in Theories of Palatini - f(R) Gravity --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- General Theory of f(R) Gravity in the Palatini Approach --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- The Perturbation Equations --- p.52 / Chapter 4.3 --- Numerical Results and Cosmological Constraints --- p.56 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.62 / Chapter 5 --- CMB Constraint on Radion Evolution in the Brane World Scenario --- p.65 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.66 / Chapter 5.2 --- Dimensional Reduction and Low Energy Effective Actions --- p.68 / Chapter 5.3 --- Numerical Constraints on the Evolution of the Radion --- p.72 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Effects of Variation of Higgs VEV on CMB Power Spectra --- p.72 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Numerical Constraints on the Higgs VEV and Radion by CMB --- p.75 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.80 / Chapter 6 --- Summary of the Thesis --- p.81 / Chapter A --- Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method --- p.84 / Chapter A.1 --- Basic Theory of MCMC --- p.84 / Chapter A.2 --- The Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm --- p.86 / Chapter A.3 --- Convergence Diagnostics --- p.87 / Chapter B --- Forecast by Fisher Matrix --- p.89 / Chapter C --- Modified Equations in RECFAST with Variation me --- p.92 / Bibliography --- p.95
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325998 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Chan, Kwan Chuen., 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, xiii, 101 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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