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Cosmology --- Inflationary universe --- Large scale structure (Astronomy) --- Univers inflatoire --- Inflationary universe. --- Large scale structure (Astronomy).

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The origin and evolution of the primordial perturbation is the key to understanding structure formation in the earliest stages of the Universe. It carries clues to the types of physical phenomena active in that extreme high-density environment. Through its evolution, generating first the observed cosmic microwave background anisotropies and later the distribution of galaxies and dark matter in the Universe, it probes the properties and dynamics of the present Universe. This graduate-level textbook gives a thorough account of theoretical cosmology and perturbations in the early Universe, describing their observational consequences and showing how to relate such observations to primordial physical processes, particularly cosmological inflation. With ambitious observational programmes complementing ever-increasing sophistication in theoretical modelling, cosmological studies will remain at the cutting edge of astrophysical studies for the foreseeable future.

Perturbation (Astronomy) --- Inflationary universe. --- Perturbation (Astronomie) --- Univers inflatoire --- Cosmological inflation --- Cosmology of the early universe --- Inflation, Cosmological --- Inflationary cosmology --- Inflationary universe cosmology --- Universe, Inflationary --- Cosmology --- Celestial mechanics --- Perturbation (Mathematics)

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This textbook provides graduate students with a thorough and up-to-date introduction to inflationary cosmology. Enormous progress has been made in this area in the last few years and this book is the first to provide a modern and unified overview. It covers all aspects of inflationary cosmology and carefully compares predictions with the latest observations, including those of the cosmic microwave background, the clustering and velocities of galaxies and the epoch of structure formation. Problems are included throughout to help the student to develop a thorough understanding. With the host of international experiments currently being performed and planned for the near future (including NASA's MAP satellite, and the European Space Agency's Planck mission), inflationary cosmology promises to be one of the most exciting and fruitful topics of research in science in the next decade. This book provides graduate students with the ideal introduction.

Inflationary universe. --- Large scale structure (Astronomy)