A primer on the physics of the cosmic microwave background:
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| adam_text | Contents
l nfure
vii
Part I
1
1.
Why
СЛІВ
Physics?
3
1.1
The blaekbody .spectrum and its physical iniplkatioiib
. 8
1.2
A bit of history of
СЛІВ
observations
........... 12
1.3
The entropy of the CMB and its implications
...... 14
1.1
The
timo
evolution of the OMB temperature
....... 16
1.5
A quick
glanci»
to The Simyaev-Zeldovieh effect
...... 18
1.6
Cusmołogical
parameter*
.................. 22
2.
From CMB to the Standard Cosmologieal Model
29
2.1
The Standard Cosmological Mock l iSCMj
........ 30
2.1.1
Homogeneity and fcotropy
............. 31
2.1.2
Perfeet Ijarotropic fluids
.............. 32
2.1.3
General Relativity
................. 37
2.2
Friedmaim-Lemaitre equations
............... 40
2.3
Mattor
routent
of
tłw
ЅСЧМ
................. 44
2.4
The
futur**
of tlw
Uhívit*
................. 47
2.5
The past of the Universe
..................
ől
2.-5.1
Hy«ir«í«4*-n rwtflubmatioii
.............. 54
2.5.2
СЧлікяііЬ
scat
t
prinţ«:
τ
hí·
baryjm-flectnaa
finid
. . 50
2.5.3
Tkoîiijboii
rfattt rin^:
tlie
baryon-plurtoii
fliii(i
.
i A)
2.6
Sinjjjlffiťíi
iHiiiłł-rioil
esìitnaifs...............
64
Part II
67
3.
Problems with the SCM
69
3.1
The horizon problem
.................... 70
3.2
The spatial curvature problem
............... 74
3.3
The entropy problem
.................... 75
3.4
The structure formation problem
............. 76
3.5
The singularity problem
.................. 79
4.
SCM and Beyond
81
4.1
The horizon and the flatness problems
.......... 81
4.2
Classical and quantum fluctuations
............ 88
4.3
The entropy problem
.................... 93
4.4
The problem of geodesic incompleteness
......... 97
5.
Essentials of Inflationary Dynamics
101
5.1
Fully inhomogeneous Friedmann-Leinaitre equations
. . . 101
5.2
Homogeneous evolution of a scalar field
.......... 108
5.3
Classification^) of inflationary backgrounds
....... 112
5.4
Exact inflationary backgrounds
.............. 116
5.5
Slow-roll dynamics
..................... 120
5.6
Slow-roll parameters
.................... 123
Part III
127
6.
Inhomogeneities in FRW Models
129
6.1
Decomposition of mhomogeneities in FRW Universes
. . 131
6.2
Gauge issues for the scalar modes
............. 133
6.3
Super-adiabatic amplification
............... 136
6.4
Quantum mechanical description of the tensor modes
. . 141
6.5
Spectra of relic
gravitons
.................. 150
6.6
Quantum state of cosmological perturbations
....... 151
6.7
Digression on different vacua
................ 156
6.8
Numerical estimates of the mixing coefficients
...... 164
7.
The First Lap in CMB Anisotropies
171
7.1
Tensor Sacks-Wolfe effect
.................. 172
7.2
Scalar Sachs-
Wolfe effect
.................. 175
7.3
Scalar
modes in the pre-decoupling phase
......... .179
7.3.1
Scale crossing and CMB initial conditions
.... 182
7.4
CDM-radiation system
................... 183
7.5
Adiabatic and non-adiabatic modes: an example
..... 188
7.6
Sachs-Wolfe plateau: mixture of initial conditions
.... 196
8.
Improved Fluid Description of Pre-Decouplhig Physics
205
8.1
The general plasma with four components
........ 206
8.2
CDM component
...................... 208
8.3
Tight-coupling between photons and baryons
....... 216
8.4
Shear viscosity and silk damping
............. 218
8.5
The adiabatic solution
................... 220
8.6
Pre-equality non-adiabatic initial conditions
....... 223
8.6.1
The CDM-radiation mode
............. 224
8.6.2
The baryon-entropy mode
............. 228
8.6.3
The neutrino-entropy mode
............ 229
8.7
Numerics in the tight-coupling approximation
...... 232
8.7.1
Interpretation of the numerical results
...... 237
8.7.2
Numerical estimates of diffusion damping
.... 242
9.
Kinetic Hierarchies
247
9.1
Collisionless Boltzmann equation
............. 248
9.2
Boltzinanii hierarchy for massless neutrinos
....... 251
9.3
Brightness perturbations of the radiation field
...... 255
9.4
Evolution equations for the brightness perturbations
■ . 257
9.4.1
Visibility function
................. 259
9.5
Line of sight integrals
.................... 261
9.5.1
Angular power spectrum and
observables
.... 267
9.6
Tight-coupling expansion
.................. 270
9.7
Zeroth order hi tight-coupling: acoustic oscillations
. . . 272
9.7.1
Solutions of the evolution of
monopole
and
dipole
...................... 274
9.7.2
Estimate of the sound horizon at decoupling
. . 276
9.8
First order in tight-coupling: polarization
......... 278
9.8.1
Improved estimates of polarization
........ 278
9.8.2
Polarization power spectra
............ 281
9.9
Second
order in tight-coupling: diffusion damping
.... 287
9.10
Semi-analytical approach to
Doppler
oscillations
..... 292
10.
Early Initial Conditions?
305
10.1
Minimally coupled scalar field
............... 307
10.1.1
Gauge-invariant description
............ 308
10.1.2
Curvature perturbations and scalar
normal modes
.................... 310
10.2
Spectral relations
...................... 312
10.2.1
Some slow-roll algebra
............... 312
10.2.2
Tensor power spectra
............... 315
10.2.3
Scalar power spectra
................ 318
10.2.4
Consistency relation
................ 319
10.3
Curvature perturbations and density contrasts
...... 320
10.4
Hamiltonians for the scalar problem
............ 322
10.5
Trans-Planckian problems?
................. 324
10.5.1
Minimization of canonically related
Hamiltonians
.................... 327
10.5.2
Back-reaction effects
................ 331
10.6
How many adiabatic modes?
................ 334
Part IV
339
11.
Surfing on the Gauges
341
11.0.1
Generalities on scalar gauge transformations
. . 342
11.1
The longitudinal gauge
................... 346
11.1.1
Gauge-invariant generalizations
.......... 347
11.2
The synchronous gauge
................... 349
11.2.1
Evolution equations in the synchronous gauge
. . 352
11.2.2
The adiabatic mode in the synchronous gauge
. . 357
11.2.3
Entropie
modes in the synchronous gauge
.... 359
11.3
Coinoving orthogonal hypersurfaces
............ 362
11.4
Uniform density hypersurfaces
............... 364
11.5
The off-diagonal gauge
................... 367
11.5.1
Evolution equations in the off-diagonal gauge
. . 369
11.6
Mixed gauge-invariant treatments
............. 372
12.
Interacting Fluids
377
12.1
Interacting fluids with bulk viscous stresses
........ 379
12.2
Evolution equations for the entropy fluctuations
..... 381
12.3
Specific physical limits
................... 385
12.4
Mixing between entropy and curvature perturbations
. . 386
13.
Spectator Fields
391
13.1
Spectator fields in a fluid background
........... 393
13.2
Unconventional inflationary models
............ 400
13.3
Conventional inflationary models
............. 403
Appendix A The Concept of Distance in Cosmology
409
A.I The proper coordinate distance
.............. 409
A.2 The redshift
......................... 411
A.3 The distance measure
.................... 413
A.
4
Angular diameter distance
................. 415
A.5 Luminosity
distancie
..................... 416
A.
6
Horizon distances
...................... 417
A.7 Few simple applications
................... 417
Appendix
В
Kinetic Description of Hot Plasmas
421
B.I Generalities on thermodynamic: systems
.......... 421
B.2
Fermions
and bosons
.................... 423
B.3 Thermal, kinetic and chemical equilibrium
........ 425
B.4 An example of primordial plasma
............. 427
B.5 Electron-positron annihilation and neutrino decoupling
. 429
B.6 Big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN)
.............. 431
Appendix
С
Scalar Modes of the Geometry
435
C.I Fluctuations of the Einstein tensor
............ 435
C.2 Fluctuations of the energy-momentum
tensor(s)
..... 437
C.3 Fluctuations of the covariant conservation equations
. . . 439
C.4 Some algebra with the scalar modes
............ 441
Appendix
D
Metric Fluctuations: Gauge-Independent Treatment
445
D.I The
scalai-
problem
..................... 446
D.2 The vector problem
..................... 447
D.
3
The tensor problem
..................... 448
D.4 Inhomogeneities of the sources
............... 449
Bibliography
455
Index
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