Fundamental Questions of Practical Cosmology Exploring the Realm of Galaxies /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Baryshev, Yurij (Συγγραφέας), Teerikorpi, Pekka (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 383
• Θέματα: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This book guides readers (astronomers, physicists, and university students) through central questions of Practical Cosmology, a term used by the late Allan Sandage to denote the modern scientific endeavor to find the cosmological model best describing the universe of galaxies, its geometry, size, ag...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1 The golden age of cosmological physics
• Chapter 2  Distance measurement and cosmography
• Chapter 3 Cosmic distances and selection biases
• Chapter 4 Cosmological redshift and the distance scale
• Chapter 5  Gravitational physics for cosmic scales
• Chapter 6  Predictions of gravity theories
• Chapter 7 The Friedmann model
• Chapter 8  Classical observational tests of world models
• Chapter 9 Constructing universes: a gallery of ideas
• Chapter 10  Large-scale structure:  methods of analysis
• Chapter 11 The inhomogeneous galaxy universe: observational results
• Chapter 12  Some outstanding problems of cosmological physics
• Appendices
• Bibliography.