000			01453 a2200205 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9781107135222
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a523.1 _bD938c2
100			_aDurrer, Ruth
245			_aThe cosmic microwave background [2nd ed.] _cRuth Durrer
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_bCambridge Universtiy Press _c2021 _aCambridge
300			_axv, 501p
520			_athe Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the radiation left over from the Big Bang, is arguably the most important topic in modern cosmology. Its theory and observation have revolutionized cosmology from an order-of-magnitude science to a precision science. This graduate textbook describes CMB physics from first principles in a detailed yet pedagogical way, assuming only that the reader has a working knowledge of General Relativity. Among the changes in this second edition are new chapters on non-Gaussianities in the CMB and on large-scale structure, and extended discussions on lensing and baryon acoustic oscillations, topics that have developed significantly in the last decade. Discussions of CMB experiments have been updated from WMAP data to the new Planck data. The CMB success story in estimating cosmological parameters is then treated in detail, conveying the beauty of the interplay of theoretical understanding and precise experimental measurements.
650			_aCosmic background
650			_aRadiation
942			_cBK
999			_c565123 _d565123