Author: Vicent J. Martinez
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420036165
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Over the last decade, statisticians have developed new statistical tools in the field of spatial point processes. At the same time, observational efforts have yielded a huge amount of new cosmological data to analyze. Although the main tools in astronomy for comparing theoretical results with observation are statistical, in recent years, cosmologis
Statistics of the Galaxy Distribution
Author: Vicent J. Martinez
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420036165
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Over the last decade, statisticians have developed new statistical tools in the field of spatial point processes. At the same time, observational efforts have yielded a huge amount of new cosmological data to analyze. Although the main tools in astronomy for comparing theoretical results with observation are statistical, in recent years, cosmologis
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420036165
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Over the last decade, statisticians have developed new statistical tools in the field of spatial point processes. At the same time, observational efforts have yielded a huge amount of new cosmological data to analyze. Although the main tools in astronomy for comparing theoretical results with observation are statistical, in recent years, cosmologis
The Distribution of the Galaxies
Author: William C. Saslaw
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521394260
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
This topical volume examines one of the leading problems in astronomy - how galaxies cluster in our Universe. This book, first published in 2000, describes gravitational theory, computer simulations and observations related to galaxy distribution functions. It embeds distribution functions in a broader astronomical context, including other exciting contemporary topics such as correlation functions, fractals, bound clusters, topology, percolation and minimal spanning trees. Key results are derived and the necessary gravitational physics provided to ensure the book is self-contained. Throughout the book, theory, computer simulation and observation are carefully interwoven and critically compared. The book also shows how future observations can test the theoretical models for the evolution of galaxy clustering at early times in our Universe. This clear and authoritative volume is written at a level suitable for graduate students, and will be of key interest to astronomers, cosmologists, physicists and applied statisticians.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521394260
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
This topical volume examines one of the leading problems in astronomy - how galaxies cluster in our Universe. This book, first published in 2000, describes gravitational theory, computer simulations and observations related to galaxy distribution functions. It embeds distribution functions in a broader astronomical context, including other exciting contemporary topics such as correlation functions, fractals, bound clusters, topology, percolation and minimal spanning trees. Key results are derived and the necessary gravitational physics provided to ensure the book is self-contained. Throughout the book, theory, computer simulation and observation are carefully interwoven and critically compared. The book also shows how future observations can test the theoretical models for the evolution of galaxy clustering at early times in our Universe. This clear and authoritative volume is written at a level suitable for graduate students, and will be of key interest to astronomers, cosmologists, physicists and applied statisticians.
Fractals in Physics
Author: L. Pietronero
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0444598413
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Fractals in Physics
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0444598413
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Fractals in Physics
Modern Cosmology
Author: Scott Dodelson
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0122191412
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
An advanced text for senior undergraduates, graduate students and physical scientists in fields outside cosmology. This is a self-contained book focusing on the linear theory of the evolution of density perturbations in the universe, and the anisotropiesin the cosmic microwave background.
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0122191412
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
An advanced text for senior undergraduates, graduate students and physical scientists in fields outside cosmology. This is a self-contained book focusing on the linear theory of the evolution of density perturbations in the universe, and the anisotropiesin the cosmic microwave background.
Unveiling Galaxies
Author: Jean-René Roy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108417019
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers' understanding of galaxies through time.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108417019
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers' understanding of galaxies through time.
Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution
Author: Ignacio Ferreras
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1911307614
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Galaxies, along with their underlying dark matter halos, constitute the building blocks of structure in the Universe. Of all fundamental forces, gravity is the dominant one that drives the evolution of structures from small density seeds at early times to the galaxies we see today. The interactions among myriads of stars, or dark matter particles, in a gravitating structure produce a system with fascinating connotations to thermodynamics, with some analogies and some fundamental differences. Ignacio Ferreras presents a concise introduction to extragalactic astrophysics, with emphasis on stellar dynamics, and the growth of density fluctuations in an expanding Universe. Additional chapters are devoted to smaller systems (stellar clusters) and larger ones (galaxy clusters). Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution is written for advanced undergraduates and beginning postgraduate students, providing a useful tool to get up to speed in a starting research career. Some of the derivations for the most important results are presented in detail to enable students appreciate the beauty of maths as a tool to understand the workings of galaxies. Each chapter includes a set of problems to help the student advance with the material.
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1911307614
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Galaxies, along with their underlying dark matter halos, constitute the building blocks of structure in the Universe. Of all fundamental forces, gravity is the dominant one that drives the evolution of structures from small density seeds at early times to the galaxies we see today. The interactions among myriads of stars, or dark matter particles, in a gravitating structure produce a system with fascinating connotations to thermodynamics, with some analogies and some fundamental differences. Ignacio Ferreras presents a concise introduction to extragalactic astrophysics, with emphasis on stellar dynamics, and the growth of density fluctuations in an expanding Universe. Additional chapters are devoted to smaller systems (stellar clusters) and larger ones (galaxy clusters). Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution is written for advanced undergraduates and beginning postgraduate students, providing a useful tool to get up to speed in a starting research career. Some of the derivations for the most important results are presented in detail to enable students appreciate the beauty of maths as a tool to understand the workings of galaxies. Each chapter includes a set of problems to help the student advance with the material.
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Author: Houjun Mo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521857937
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
A coherent introduction for researchers in astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology on the formation and evolution of galaxies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521857937
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
A coherent introduction for researchers in astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology on the formation and evolution of galaxies.
Data Analysis in Cosmology
Author: Vicent J. Martinez
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540447679
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The amount of cosmological data has dramatically increased in the past decades due to an unprecedented development of telescopes, detectors and satellites. Efficiently handling and analysing new data of the order of terabytes per day requires not only computer power to be processed but also the development of sophisticated algorithms and pipelines. Aiming at students and researchers the lecture notes in this volume explain in pedagogical manner the best techniques used to extract information from cosmological data, as well as reliable methods that should help us improve our view of the universe.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540447679
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The amount of cosmological data has dramatically increased in the past decades due to an unprecedented development of telescopes, detectors and satellites. Efficiently handling and analysing new data of the order of terabytes per day requires not only computer power to be processed but also the development of sophisticated algorithms and pipelines. Aiming at students and researchers the lecture notes in this volume explain in pedagogical manner the best techniques used to extract information from cosmological data, as well as reliable methods that should help us improve our view of the universe.
Lectures on Cosmology
Author: Georg Wolschin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 364210598X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The lectures that four authors present in this volume investigate core topics related to the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Accelerated expansion occured in the ?36 very early Universe – an exponential expansion in the in ationary period 10 s after the Big Bang. This well-established theoretical concept had rst been p- posed in 1980 by Alan Guth to account for the homogeneity and isotropy of the observable universe, and simultaneously by Alexei Starobinski, and has since then been developed by many authors in great theoretical detail. An accelerated expansion of the late Universe at redshifts z
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 364210598X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The lectures that four authors present in this volume investigate core topics related to the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Accelerated expansion occured in the ?36 very early Universe – an exponential expansion in the in ationary period 10 s after the Big Bang. This well-established theoretical concept had rst been p- posed in 1980 by Alan Guth to account for the homogeneity and isotropy of the observable universe, and simultaneously by Alexei Starobinski, and has since then been developed by many authors in great theoretical detail. An accelerated expansion of the late Universe at redshifts z
Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies
Author: Halton C. Arp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521363143
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Contests the 'establishment' view of quasars as the most distant objects in the universe.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521363143
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Contests the 'establishment' view of quasars as the most distant objects in the universe.