Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology

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Beschreibung

This second edition has been updated and substantially expanded. Starting with the description of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic nuclei, evolution and large scale distribution in the Universe. After an extensive and thorough introduction to modern observational and theoretical cosmology, the focus turns to the formation of structures and astronomical objects in the early Universe. The basics of classical astronomy and stellar astrophysics needed for extragalactic astronomy are provided in the appendix.
While this book has grown out of introductory university courses on astronomy and astrophysics and includes a set of problems and solutions, it will not only benefit undergraduate students and lecturers; thanks to the comprehensive coverage of the field, even graduate students and researchers specializing in related fields will appreciate it as a valuable reference work.

Über den Autor

Peter Schneider is a Full Professor for Astrophysics at the University of Bonn and Founding Director of the Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Bonn. He is one of the internationally most respected German astrophysicists, well known for his research on gravitational lensing (strong and weak) and cosmology, and author of 3 successful Springer books.

Zusammenfassung

Widely expanded second edition of this leading astronomy textbook now incorporates some of the most spectacular results from new observatories like the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, Herschel, ALMA, WMAP and Planck

Provides an up-to-date coverage of all major results in observational cosmology lending impressive support for the standard model of the Universe

Highly attractive and informative through lavish use of color figures

Now with problems and solutions

Written by Peter Schneider, a specialist in extragalactic astronomy and cosmology and proven textbook author

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction and overview.- The Milky Way as a galaxy.- The World of Galaxies.- Cosmology I: Homogeneous isotropic world models.- Active galactic nuclei.- Clusters and groups of galaxies.- Cosmology II: Inhomogeneities in the Universe.- Cosmology III: The cosmological parameters.- The Universe at high redshift.- Galaxy evolution.- Outlook.- A: The electromagnetic radiation field.- B: Properties of stars.- C: Units and constants.- D: Recommended literature.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xviii 626 S. 191 s/w Illustr. 323 farbige Illustr. 626 p. 514 illus. 323 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783662500606
ISBN-10:	3662500604
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Schneider, Peter
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2015
Hersteller:	Springer-Verlag GmbH Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Maße:	279 x 210 x 33 mm
Von/Mit:	Peter Schneider
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.08.2016
Gewicht:	1,743 kg

Artikel-ID: 112067086