Introduction to Cosmology

270 Index

white dwarfs, 18, 45, 123
white hole, 99
Wilson, Robert, 176
WIMPs (weakly interacting massive
particles), 215, 216
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy
Probe), 175, 189
world line, 28, 32

wormhole, 98

Wright, Thomas, 3

Zel’dovich, Yakov B., 191

see alsoSunyaev – Zel’dovich Effect

Zino, 215

Zwicky, Fritz, 73, 208