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Record Nr.

UNINA9910257438403321

Titolo

New Insights into the Universe [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Summer School Held in València, Spain, 23–27 September 1991 / / edited by Vicent J. Martinez, Miguel Portilla, Diego Saez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992

ISBN

3-540-47296-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 1992.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 300 p. 15 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 408

Disciplina

520

Soggetti

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy—Observations

Astrophysics

Geophysics

Gravitation

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Geophysics/Geodesy

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.