Theoretical and Observational Cosmology - NATO Science Series C 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Theoretical and Observational Cosmology, Cargese, France, August 17-29, 1998--t.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references. Table of Contents: Preface. List of Lecturers. List of Students. Cosmological Models. Cargese lectures 1998; G. F. R. Ellis, H. Van Helst. Topology of the Universe: Theory and Observation; J.-P. Luminet, B. F. Roukema. Symmetries in General Relativity and Beyond; M. Lachieze-Rey. Gravitational Lenses; F. Bernardeau. Cosmological Applications of Gravitational Lensing; Y. Mellier. Measurement of Cosmological Parameters Using Type IA Supernovae; R. Pain. Primordial Nucleosynthesis; K. A. Olive. Searches for Dark Matter; J. Rich. Temperature Anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background; N. Aghanim. Primordial Galaxies: From Local HII Galaxies to High Redshift Galaxies; D. Kunth. Active Galactic Nuclei; G. Mathez. Cosmic Velocity Fields; J. F. L. Simmons."Publisher Marketing: These papers offer a complete account of the fundamental techniques of general relativity and their application to cosmology. They include reviews of the different cosmological models and their classification, including such topics as causality and horizons, the cosmological parameters, observational tests and constraints of cosmology, symmetries and the large scale topology of space and space-time, and the use of supernovas as cosmological indicators.

Contributor Bio:  Lachieze-Rey, Marc Marc Lachieze-Rey is a director of research at the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique and astrophysicist at the Centre d'Etudes de Saclay. He is the author of the The Cosmic Background Radiation (1999), and Cosmology: A First Course (1995), both published by Cambridge University Press, and The Quest for Unity published by Oxford University Press (1999), as well as many books in French.