A. R. Sandage, R. G. Kron, M. S. Longair

The Deep Universe (eBook, PDF)

Saas-Fee Advanced Course 23. Lecture Notes 1993. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
Redaktion: Binggeli, Bruno; Buser, Roland

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book is written for graduate students in astrophysics but is also of considerable interest to professional astronomers and particle physicists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 526
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783540316350
• Artikelnr.: 53386793

Autorenporträt

The book is written for graduate students in astrophysics but is also of considerable interest to professional astronomers and particle physicists.

Inhaltsangabe

Evolution in the Galaxy Population.- Foundations of Galaxy Evolution Models.- Evolutionary Synthesis Models.- Basic Statistics of Galaxies.- Computing Models for Faint-Galaxy Samples.- Distant Galaxy Observations in the Real World.- Galaxy Profiles at High Redshift.- Reconciling Counts with the Redshift Distribution.- The Butcher-Oemler Effect - A Case Study.- Deep-Universe Programs for the Future.- to the Standard Model.- The Physics of Background Radiation.- Observations of the Extragalactic Background Radiation.- The Robertson-Walker Metric.- World Models.- Number Counts and the Background Radiation.- The Origin of the X-ray and Gamma-ray Backgrounds.- A Brief Thermal History of the Universe.- The Origin of the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe.- Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation.- Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.- The Intergalactic Gas.- Galaxy Formation and the Background Radiation.- The First Test: The Count-Magnitude Relation: Theory and Practice I (The Early Phase 1920-1938).- The Count-Magnitude Relation: Theory and Practice II (The Modern Attempts).- The Second Test: Angular Size = f(z,q0).- The Third Test: The Redshift-Distance Relation Based on the m(z, qo) Hubble Diagram.- Is the Expansion Real?.- The Fourth Test: Timing (Age of the Galaxy).- Timing Test Continued.- The Hubble Constant from Type Ia Supernovae.- Observational Selection Bias.