Temperature and polarization anisotropies in cosmic microwave background radiation.

• Other Authors: Chan, Chi Wang.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Cosmic background radiation; Polarization (Electricity)
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5891731; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-324444

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