Galaxy formation
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Series: |
Astronomy and astrophysics library |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73478-9 |
Carrier Form: | xxi, 735 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9783540734789 (electronic bk.) 3540734783 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | P156 |
CLC: | P156 |
Contents: |
Previous ed.: 1998. A brief history of cosmology and galaxy formation -- The large-scale structure of the universe -- Galaxies -- Clusters of galaxies -- The theoretical framework -- An introduction to relativistic gravity -- The Friedmann world models -- The determination of cosmological parameters -- The thermal history of the universe -- Nucleosynthesis in the early universe -- The evolution of perturbations in the standard big bang -- More tools and problems -- Dark matter and galaxy formation -- Correlation functions and the spectrum of the initial fluctuations -- Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation -- The post-recombination era -- The evolution of galaxies and active galaxies and active galaxies with cosmic epoch -- The intergalactic medium -- Making real galaxies -- The very early universe. |