This comprehensive volume reviews the current theory and measurement of various parameters related to the evolution of the universe. Topics include inflation, string theory and the history of cosmology in the context of current measurements being made of the Hubble constant, matter density, and dark energy. Observational results are included from the Sloan, Digital Sky Survey, Keck, Magellan, cosmic microwave background experiments, Hubble space telescope and Chandra. Featuring chapters by leading authorities in the field, this book is a valuable resource for graduate students and professional research astronomers.
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This comprehensive volume reviews the current theory and measurement of various parameters related to the evolution of the universe. Topics include inflation, string theory, the history of cosmology in the context of current measurements being made of the Hubble constant, the matter density, and dark energy, including observational results from the Sloan, Digital Sky Survey, Keck, Magellan, cosmic microwave background experiments, Hubble space telescope and Chandra. With chapters by leading authorities in the field, this book is a valuable resource for graduate students and professional research astronomers.
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Some highlights of the history of modern cosmology and the lessons to be learned from the successes and blind alleys of the past are described. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Early Universe (Frontiers in Physics) by Edward Kolb on page 96, page 234, and page 268
- Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by Andre Heck on page 114, and page 116
- Dark Matter by Bryon Smith on page 97, and page 168
- Superstring Theory: Volume 2, Loop Amplitudes, Anomalies and Phenomenology (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by Michael B. Green on page 66
- Principles of Physical Cosmology by Phillip James Edwin Peebles on page 97
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- Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 33 (Saas-Fee Advanced Courses) by Peter Schneider on page 258, and page 262
- Joint Evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies (Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation) by M. Colpi on page 287
- Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) by Maurice M. Shapiro on page 197
- The New Cosmology: Proceedings of the 16th International Physics Summer School, Canberra, Canberra, Australia, 3-14 February 2003 (Canberra International Physics Summer Schools) by Matthew Colless on page 28
- Astroparticle Physics by Claus Grupen in Back Matter
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