Formation and evolution of the cosmic large-scale structure
Formation and evolution of the cosmic large-scale structure
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宇宙大尺度结构的形成与演化
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10.1142/9789813227958_0002
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2019
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B. Schäfer
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B. Schäfer
The formation of first objects in the Universe cannot be understood without the required context on cosmological structure formation. This chapter discusses the expansions dynamics of homogeneous and isotropic Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker universes and the evolution of cosmic structures in the regime of weak gravity on small scales. The discussion includes the homogenous solution of the structure formation equations in the linear regime, which conserves the statistical properties of the initial conditions with their near-Gaussianity given by inflation, as well as processes in the nonlinear regime of structure formation with the accompanying generation of non-Gaussianities. Eulerian and Lagrangian perturbation theory are discussed as mathematical tools for describing structure formation in the weakly nonlinear regime, as well as the statistical tools for describing correlated random fields, both with Gaussian and weakly non-Gaussian statistics. Finally, halo-formation by spherical gravitational collapse and the Press–Schechter formalism for predicting the number density of dark matter haloes is introduced, as well as models for tidal interaction of haloes with the surrounding cosmic large-scale structure. The chapter thereby provides the tools to explore the formation of the dark matter halos in which the first black holes are forming.