Cosmological constants. Papers in modern cosmology (Q2734583)

From the editors' preface: This book contains a selection of what we call ``cosmological constants'' landmark papers. The papers we present are grouped into four categories, which we believe are the aspects of cosmology that have had the most lasting value.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEI. The theoretical and observational basis of the concept of an expanding universe.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEII. The theory and evidence for the cosmological black body radiation.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIII. The theoretical analysis of the formation of light elements in the early universe.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIV. Processes in the very early universe.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEWe have omitted as being not very relevant to current views, although they were quite influential for a time, such topics as the steady-state cosmology and Milne's kinematic relativity.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEWe have redone all the papers in a uniform format, essentially that used in the Astrophysical Journal. Some equations have been renumbered, and in a few of the early papers we have changed the notation to conform with present usage. We have corrected some typographical errors, but we have not tried to correct scientific errors in the original papers. However, in our introductions which begin each section, we comment on some such errors, as well as on the significance of the individual papers for later developments in cosmology.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIt is important to mention that the authors have included English translations of early papers of Einstein and Friedman.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEContents: Preface. Historical Introduction.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINESection I. The Expanding Universe: (1) A. Einstein, ``Cosmological Considerations on the General Theory of Relativity,'' Sitzungsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1917, 142-152 (1917) (translated) (16-26) (2) W. de Sitter, ``On Einstein's Theory of Gravitation, and its Astronomical Consequences,'' Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 78, 3-28 (1917) (27-48) (3) A. Friedmann, ``On the Curvature of Space,'' Z. Phys. 10, 377-386 (1922) (translated) (49-58) (4) A. Friedmann, ``On the Possibility of a World with Constant Negative Curvature,'' Z. Phys. 21, 326-332 (1924) (translated) (59-65) (5) A. Einstein, Comments on the Work of A. Friedmann, Z. Phys. 11, 326 (1922) and 16, 228 (1923) (translated) (66-67) (5) H. P. Robertson, ``On the Foundations of Relativistic Cosmology'', Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 15, 822-829 (1929) (68-76) plus 5 articles.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINESection II. Three Degrees Above Zero (5 articles), Section III. Formation of the Light Elements (2 articles), Section IV. The Very Early Universe (8 articles).