Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contains the series of lectures on modern cosmology given by a number of distinguished physicists who attended the Cosmology and Particle Physics Workshop, part of the CCAST Symposium series, held at Nanjing University, China in 1988. Each series of lectures is self-contained, providing a concise introduction to an area of current research. The subjects discussed at the Cosmology and Particle Physics Workshop cover the whole frontier of particle-cosmology, from early universe and inflationary cosmology to phase transition and cosmic string. Other areas explored include dark matter, neutrino and axion problems, baryonsynthesis, formation of large-scale structure, distribution and evolution of clusters and galaxies. Postgraduates and researchers concerned with cosmology and particle physics should find this book a useful source of information.
