Net Advance of Physics:

COSMOLOGY

GENERAL:

• Handbooks:
  • Encyclopedia of Cosmology: Not many entries yet; author not stated, but seems reliable.
• Elementary Level:
  • Dark Matter: An Essay, by J. Silk
  • Cosmos in a Computer, from the NCSA Expo (elementary level)
• College Level:
  • Introduction to Cosmology, by David H. Lyth, 93/12
  • Undergraduate Lecture Notes, by Nick Strobel
  • Structure of the Universe, encyclopedia article by H. J. Haubold and A. M. Mathai, 96/12: (Encyclopedia of Astronomy)
• Advanced:
  • Rating Cosmological Models, by Neta A. Bahcall, 95/03
  • Net Advance of Physics: COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND
  • Net Advance of Physics: DARK MATTER

ASTRO-PARTICLE PHYSICS:

• General:
  • The Particle- and Astro-Physics of Dark Matter, by Kim Griest, 94/11
  • Net Advance of Physics: DARK MATTER
• Axions:
  • Recent Perspectives on Axion Cosmology, by R. A. Battye and E.P.S. Shellard, 97/06:
  • Particle Dark Matter, by Manuel Drees, 96/09 :
  • Axions in Astrophysics and Cosmology, by Georg Raffelt, 95/02
  • Net Advance of Physics GATEWAY REVIEWS, No. 2. The Nature of Dark Matter: Axions, by Kim Griest
  • Current Status of Axion Cosmology, by R. A. Battye and E. P. S. Shellard, 94/08
• Neutrinos:
  • The Net Advance of Physics: NEUTRINO ASTRONOMY

BIG BANG / STANDARD COSMOLOGICAL MODEL:

• General, including Tests:
  • Big-bang Nucleosynthes is Enters the Precision Era, by David N. Schramm and Michael S. Turner, 97/06:
  • Introduction to Cosmology, by David H. Lyth, 93/12
  • Net Advance of Physics: COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND
• Early Universe:
  • Physics of the Very Early Universe, by R. Brandenberger, 95/09
  • Net Advance of Physics: INFLATION
• Nucleosynthesis:
  • Big-bang Nucleosynthesis Enters the Precision Era, by David N. Schramm and Michael S. Turner, 97/06:
  • Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Dark Matter, by Subir Sarkar, 96/11
  • Primordial Nucleosynthesis, by Keith A. Olive, 96/09
  • Neutron-Induced Nucleosynthesis, by H. Oberhummer, et al., 96/08
  • Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, by Keith A. Olive and Sean T. Scully, 95/06
  • The Particle- and Astro-Physics of Dark Matter, by Kim Griest, 94/11 (nucleosynthesis and dark matter, page 5)

COSMIC STRINGS:

• Topological Defects in Cosmology Homepage, (Cambridge University)
• Cosmic Strings, by M. B. Hindmarsh and T. W. B. Kibble, 94/11
• Topological Defects and Structure Formation, by R. Brandenberger, 93/10