study of cosmic microwave background anisotropies =: 宇宙微波背景輻射不均性之硏究.

Leung Po Kin.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-91).
Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese.
Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- The expanding universe --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- Brief Thermal History of The Universe --- p.5
Chapter 1.3 --- Cosmic Microwave background --- p.7
Chapter 1.3.1 --- CMB Anisotropy --- p.8
Chapter 1.4 --- Structure Formation --- p.9
Chapter 1.5 --- Current Observation --- p.9
Chapter 2 --- Recombination --- p.11
Chapter 2.1 --- Ionization Fraction --- p.12
Chapter 2.1.1 --- Saha Equations --- p.12
Chapter 2.1.2 --- Rate Equation --- p.13
Chapter 2.2 --- Matter Temperature --- p.16
Chapter 3 --- Review of Structure Formation Theory --- p.20
Chapter 3.1 --- Basic Ideas --- p.21
Chapter 3.1.1 --- Power Spectrum --- p.22
Chapter 3.2 --- Equations that govern Structure Formation --- p.24
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Newtonian theory --- p.24
Chapter 3.2.2 --- Boltzmann equation --- p.25
Chapter 4 --- Review of CMB Anisotropies Theory --- p.28
Chapter 4.1 --- CMB Physics --- p.29
Chapter 4.1.1 --- Tight Coupling Limit --- p.29
Chapter 4.1.2 --- Diffusion Damping and Free Streaming --- p.30
Chapter 4.2 --- Numerical Method --- p.31
Chapter 4.2.1 --- Solving Systems of Boltzmann Equations --- p.31
Chapter 4.2.2 --- Line of Sight Integration --- p.32
Chapter 5 --- Effect of recombination --- p.35
Chapter 5.1 --- Effect of Recombination --- p.35
Chapter 5.1.1 --- Cosmic Reheating and Softening --- p.35
Chapter 5.1.2 --- Release of Heat --- p.36
Chapter 5.2 --- Effect on expansion of the universe --- p.36
Chapter 5.3 --- Effect on ionization fraction --- p.38
Chapter 5.4 --- Recombination softening --- p.38
Chapter 5.4.1 --- Results --- p.40
Chapter 5.4.2 --- Discussion and Summary --- p.44
Chapter 6 --- Change of Fundamental Constants --- p.53
Chapter 6.1 --- Change of fundamental constants --- p.54
Chapter 6.1.1 --- Some conceptual problems --- p.55
Chapter 6.1.2 --- Effect on CMB --- p.56
Chapter 6.2 --- Friedmann equations --- p.57
Chapter 6.3 --- Baryon temperature --- p.64
Chapter 6.4 --- Ionization fraction --- p.66
Chapter 6.4.1 --- Better treatment --- p.67
Chapter 6.4.2 --- Numerical calculation --- p.70
Chapter 6.5 --- Effect on different physics of formation of CMB --- p.77
Chapter 6.5.1 --- Properties of photon-baryon fluid --- p.78
Chapter 6.5.2 --- Diffusion damping --- p.80
Chapter 6.6 --- Conclusion --- p.84
Bibliography --- p.86
Chapter A --- Boltzmann equations --- p.92
Chapter B --- Comparison of the energy terms --- p.95
Chapter C --- Discussion of the analytic method for CMB temperature spec- trum --- p.99
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