High-Redshift Galaxies Light from the Early Universe /

• Main Author: Appenzeller, Immo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Nuclear physics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the scientific results on high-redshift galaxies accumulated during the past ten years. Apart from summarizing and critically discussing the wealth of observational data, the observational methods which made it possible to study these very distant and ex...

Table of Contents:

• I The Context
• The Nearby Universe
• The Past and the Future
• II Methods and Tools
• Basic Techniques and their Limitations
• Finding Very Distant Galaxies
• Deriving Physical Parameters
• III Observational Results and their Interpretation
• Observed Properties of High-redshift Galaxies
• The Space Distribution of High-redshift Galaxies
• Interactions with the Intergalactic Medium
• Implications
• IV An Outlook to the Future
• Ongoing Work
• Future Facilities and their Opportunities.