This volume reviews the current status with respect to both theory and observation of the extragalactic distance scale. A sufficient accuracy is required both for a precise determination of the cosmological parameters and also in order to achieve a better understanding of physical processes in extragalactic systems. The "standard candles", used to set up the extragalactic distance scale, reviewed in this book include cepheid variables, RR Lyrae variables, novae, Type Ia and Type II supernovae as well as globular clusters and planetary nebulae.
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This volume reviews the current status with respect to both theory and observation of the extragalactic distance scale. A sufficient accuracy is required both for a precise determination of the cosmological parameters and also in order to achieve a better understanding of physical processes in extragalactic systems. The "standard candles", used to set up the extragalactic distance scale, reviewed in this book include cepheid variables, RR Lyrae variables, novae, Type Ia and Type II supernovae as well as globular clusters and planetary nebulae.
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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was designed and built, to measure the expansion rate of the Universe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blue supergiauts, wind momenta, wind momentum luminosity relationship, brightness decline relation, cosmological standard candles, brightest blue stars, surface brightness technique, nova population, globular cluster luminosity function, deflagration models, pulsation models, other distance indicators, distance moduli, surface brightness fluctuations, internal extinction, instability strip, differential reddening, globular cluster distances, reddening law, distance modulus, blue supergiants, metallicity effect, uniformity index, detonation models, extragalactic distance scale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, San Francisco, Magellanic Clouds, Della Valle, Notes Phys, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Galactic Cepheid, Hubble Space Telescope, Monte Carlo, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, New York, Chile Abstract, Globular Cluster Distances, Phase Fig, Blue Supergiants Observations, Fusi Pecci, Cambridge University Press, Italy Abstract, Local Supercluster, Magnitude Fig, Pulsating Star Research, The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys New!
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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was designed and built, to measure the expansion rate of the Universe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blue supergiauts, wind momenta, wind momentum luminosity relationship, brightness decline relation, cosmological standard candles, brightest blue stars, surface brightness technique, nova population, globular cluster luminosity function, deflagration models, pulsation models, other distance indicators, distance moduli, surface brightness fluctuations, internal extinction, instability strip, differential reddening, globular cluster distances, reddening law, distance modulus, blue supergiants, metallicity effect, uniformity index, detonation models, extragalactic distance scale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, San Francisco, Magellanic Clouds, Della Valle, Notes Phys, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Galactic Cepheid, Hubble Space Telescope, Monte Carlo, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, New York, Chile Abstract, Globular Cluster Distances, Phase Fig, Blue Supergiants Observations, Fusi Pecci, Cambridge University Press, Italy Abstract, Local Supercluster, Magnitude Fig, Pulsating Star Research, The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys New!
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- The Extragalactic Distance Scale (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series) by Mario Livio on page 240, page 241, and Back Matter
- Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by Andre Heck on page 121, and page 122
- Globular Clusters (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics) by C. Martinez Roger on page 278, and Back Matter
- Stellar Astrophysics for the Local Group: VIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics) by A. Aparicio on page 147, and page 172
- The Magellanic Clouds (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by Raymond Haynes on page 42, and page 67
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- Models for Polymeric and Anisotropic Liquids (Lecture Notes in Physics) by Martin Kröger in Back Matter
- The Physics of the Early Universe (Lecture Notes in Physics) by Eleftherios Papantonopoulos in Back Matter
- Quantum State Estimation (Lecture Notes in Physics) by Matteo Paris in Back Matter
- The Hispalensis Lectures on Nuclear Physics, Vol. 2 (Lecture Notes in Physics) by Jose Miguel Arias in Back Matter
- Local-Moment Ferromagnets: Unique Properties for Modern Applications (Lecture Notes in Physics) by Markus Donath in Back Matter
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