An introduction to distance measurement in astronomy / / Richard de Grijs
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| Autore: |
De Grijs Richard <1969->
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| Titolo: |
An introduction to distance measurement in astronomy / / Richard de Grijs
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 522/.87 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cosmological distances - Measurement |
| Astronomy - Methodology | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""An Introduction to Distance Measurement in Astronomy""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 The Importance of Astrophysical Distance Measurements""; ""1.1 The Distance to the Galactic Centre""; ""1.1.1 Early Determinations of R0""; ""1.1.2 Modern Results""; ""1.2 The Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud""; ""1.3 Benchmarks Beyond the Magellanic Clouds: the 3D Universe on Large(r) Scales""; ""Bibliography""; ""2 The Solar Neighbourhood""; ""2.1 Geometric Parallax Measurements""; ""2.1.1 Trigonometric Parallax""; ""2.1.2 Astrometric Advances: Space-Based Missions and Interferometry"" |
| ""2.1.3 Secular and Statistical Parallaxes: Moving Groups Method""""2.2 Dynamical Parallax""; ""2.2.1 Mass�Luminosity Relations""; ""2.3 Spectroscopic and Photometric Parallaxes""; ""Bibliography""; ""3 From the Milky Way to the Local Group""; ""3.1 Basic Stellar Physics as the Key to Understanding Distance Measurements to Local Group Galaxies""; ""3.1.1 Stellar Evolution Through the Hertzsprung�Russell Diagram""; ""3.1.2 From Two to Multiple Stellar Populations""; ""3.2 Open and Globular Cluster Hertzsprung�Russell Diagrams""; ""3.2.1 Main-Sequence and Subdwarf Fitting"" | |
| ""3.2.2 Red Clump Stars""""3.2.3 The (Zero-Age) Horizontal Branch Level""; ""3.3 Giants and Supergiants as Standard Candles""; ""3.3.1 The Tip of the Red Giant Branch""; ""3.3.2 The Red Giant Branch Bump""; ""3.3.3 Supergiants as Standard Candles""; ""3.4 White Dwarf Sequences""; ""3.5 Period�Density Relations""; ""3.5.1 The Baade�Wesselink Method""; ""3.5.2 Classical Cepheid Variables""; ""3.5.3 Mira Variables""; ""3.5.4 W Virginis and Other �Population II� Cepheids""; ""3.5.5 RR Lyrae Stars""; ""3.5.6 Dwarf and Anomalous Cepheids""; ""3.6 Novae as Standard Candles"" | |
| ""3.7 Geometric Methods""""3.7.1 Planetary Nebula Expansion Parallaxes""; ""3.7.2 Supernova Light Echoes""; ""3.7.3 Eclipsing Binary Stars""; ""3.7.4 Maser-Based Distance Determinations""; ""3.8 Pulsars: Distance Measurements Outside the �Classical� Wavelength Range""; ""Bibliography""; ""4 Reaching Virgo Cluster Distances and Beyond""; ""4.1 The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project""; ""4.2 Surface Brightness Fluctuations""; ""4.3 The Globular Cluster Luminosity Function""; ""4.3.1 Elliptical Versus Spiral Galaxy GCLFs""; ""4.3.2 The Stellar Population Mix"" | |
| ""4.3.3 GCLF and GCMF Universality Through Dynamical Evolution""""4.4 The Planetary Nebulae Luminosity Function""; ""4.4.1 Applicability""; ""4.4.2 Physical Basis""; ""4.5 The Tully�Fisher Relation""; ""4.5.1 Wavelength Dependence""; ""4.5.2 The Scatter in the Tully�Fisher Relation""; ""4.6 Distance Indicators Specific to Elliptical Galaxies""; ""4.7 The Colour�Magnitude Relation""; ""4.8 HII Regions as Distance Indicators?""; ""Bibliography""; ""5 From Nearby Galaxy Clusters to Cosmological Distances""; ""5.1 Cosmological Redshifts"" | |
| ""5.1.1 Determination of the Current Expansion Rate of the Universe"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Distance determination is an essential technique in astronomy, and is briefly covered in most textbooks on astrophysics and cosmology. It is rarely covered as a coherent topic in its own right. When it is discussed the approach is frequently very dry, splitting the teaching into, for example, stars, galaxies and cosmologies, and as a consequence, books lack depth and are rarely comprehensive. Adopting a unique and engaging approach to the subject An Introduction to distance Measurement in Astronomy will take the reader on a journey from the solar neighbourhood to the edge of the Universe, dis |
| Titolo autorizzato: | An introduction to distance measurement in astronomy |
| ISBN: | 1-119-97980-3 |
| 1-283-20454-1 | |
| 9786613204547 | |
| 1-118-30307-5 | |
| 1-119-97817-3 | |
| 1-119-97818-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823042703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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