Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology

Cosmology and astroparticle physics have seen an avalanche of discoveries in the past decade (IceCube - high energy neutrinos, LIGO - gravitational waves, Fermi- gamma-ray telescope, Xenon-1T - dark matter detection, PLANCK- cosmic microwave radiation, EHT picture of black hole, SDSS -galaxy surveys), all of which require a multidisciplinary background for analyzing the phenomena. The arena for testing particle physics models is in the multimessenger astronomical observations and at the same time cosmology now requires a particle physics basis for explaining many phenomena. This book discusses the theoretical tools of particle physics and general relativity which are essential for understanding and correlating diverse astronomical observations.

Collects in a single concise volume the fundamentals of astroparticle physics, particle physics and cosmology Presents the current state of research in a pedagogical way The topics covered are based on new but well established experimental results

Autorentext

Subhendra Mohanty obtained his PhD from University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA in 1989. After that he held postdoctoral positions at CERN and ICTP. He joined the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad (India) in 1994, where he is currently a Professor. He spent a sabbatical year in Universita Autonoma of Barcelona in 2007. His fields of investigation are particle physics and cosmology. He was elected as a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India in 2021.He published 100+ papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has been involved in teaching courses for graduate students and young researchers. He already published in Lecture Notes in Physics the volume Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology: Perspectives in the Multimessenger Era (Springer, 2020).

Inhalt
Effective potential and phase transitions.- Gravitational Waves.- Black Holes.- High energy cosmic rays.- Dark Matter.- Supersymmetry.- Inflation.- Lorentz transformations of fields.- The FRW Universe.- Gauge Invariant Metric Perturbations.