内容简介
Thesubjectsofelementaryparticles,astrophysicsandcosmologyhavebecomeinextricablyinterconnected,whichhasledtogreatadvancesinourunderstandingoftheuniverse.Writtenbyanauthorwithuniqueresearchexperienceatprestigiousinstitutions,thisself-containedtextprovidesacomprehensiveintroductiontomodernastrophysicsandcosmology.Thephysicalandmathematicalconceptsessentialforathoroughunderstandingoftheclassicaltheoryoffieldsarecarefullydeveloped.Somerelevantaspectsofthermodynamics,statisticalphysicsandelementaryparticlephysicsarereviewed.Considerableemphasisisplacedonthedescriptionofexperimentaltechniquesandresults.Fromthecontents:AnIntroductiontoCosmologySpecialandGeneralRelativityTheFriedmann-LemaitreUniverseStellarStructureandEvolutionAstrophysicalImplicationsofGeneralRelativity
作者简介
RadojeBelusevicreceivedhisPh.D.inexperimentalparticlephysicsattheUniversityofBirmingham(UK)in1981.HehasconductedresearchatUniversityCollegeLondon(UK),attheUniversitiesofHeidelberg(Germany),Florida(USA)andStanford(USA),andatmajorhigh-energyphysicslaboratories,includingCERN(Switzerland),DESY(Germany)andFermilab(USA).Since1991,Dr.BelusevichasbeenworkingattheInstituteofParticleandNuclearStudiesoftheJapaneseHighEnergyAcceleratorResearchOrganization(KEK).Hismainresearchinterestsarethephysicsofneutrinointeractions,electron-positronannihilationsandphoton-photoncollisions,aswellasexperimentalhardware.