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Format:
Hardback
Publication date:
31 January 1998
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ISBN:
9054106743
ISBN 13:
9789054106746
Quantum Origins of Cosmic Structure
by
Erik VanMarcke
Based on a hypothesis of the first instant of the Big Bang, this book integrates astro-physical and planetary sciences with cosmology and galaxy formation.
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Complete description
Based on a hypothesis about the quantum-physical and embryo-like nature of inflation - the first instant of the Big Bang - the theory discussed here traces the origin of the precursor nebulae of a broad hierarchy of astronomical objects to sequences of single energy quanta produced by a (random) process of proliferation of inflation-era particles, and provides initial conditions for a specific scenario of how cosmic structure forms and evolves. The theory has a small number of observationally-accessible parameters and generates many testable predictions, in particular about evolution, internal structure and composition of collapsed objects like stars and planets. Implying a robust alternative to the dual paradigm of spatially uniform light-element primordial nucleosynthesis and stellar recycling of matter as the sole mechanism of heavy-element production, it integrates astro-physical and planetary sciences - their tenets fittingly revised - with cosmology and galaxy formation in a coherent and evolutionary framework.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
A A Balkema Publishers
City:
Rotterdam
Pages:
240
More info:
height 250 mm
width 180 mm
weight 590 gr
Departments:
Astrophysics; Cosmology & the universe;
Record updated at:
10 June, 2013
time:
19:16
Summary
Quantum Origins of Cosmic Structure
Uncertainty of properties of single energy quanta; stochastic model of inflation by particle proliferation; the complex energy distribution at the end of inflation; consequences for the cosmic distribution of matter; temperature and entropy - space-time variation; origin and distribution of chemical elements; structure formation - the role of primeval plasma; estimation of embryonic-inflation-model parameters; origin and evolution of galaxies and quasars; origin and evolution of solar systems; theory's consequences for particle physics; complexity, causality, and cosmic genetics. Postscript: general assessment of the theory. Appendices: Hubble's law and redshifts; homogeneous expanding-universe models; inflationary universe scenarios.
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