New Insights into the Universe

Proceedings of a Summer School Held in València, Spain, 23¿27 September 1991
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-3-662-13908-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 408, 300 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 548 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

Indispensable for the building of cosmological models are
precise observational data. To provide such data is the main
purpose of this book. First, an analysis of recent
cosmological observations using artificial satellites and
large ground-based telescopes is given. Among these are the
observation of the spatial distribution of galaxies and
clusters, the detection of peculiar velocity fields in large
regions, and the measurement of anisotropies in the
microwave background radiation. Second, the authors present
theoretical models which best fit the given observational
data. The book addresses graduate students and astronomers
and astrophysicists.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martinez, Vicent J.

Saez, Diego

Portilla, Miguel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Gravitation
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Statistics of cosmological density fields.- Large-scale structures and motions: Linear theory and statistics.- Clusters of galaxies as probes for the large scale structure.- Galaxy formation with gravitation, hydrodynamics and active star formation.- Secondary anisotropies in the CMB.- The Relikt missions: Results and prospects to detect the microwave background anisotropy.- ROSAT observations of clusters of galaxies.- Statistics of gravitational lensing 1: Strong lenses.- Statistics of gravitational lensing 2: Weak lenses.