Type Ia Supernovae

Klappentext A unique and wide-ranging review of one of the most dramatic research results in astronomy in recent decades. Zusammenfassung A unique and wide-ranging review of one of the most dramatic results in astronomy in recent decades - observations of distant supernovae which indicate that the expansion of the Universe may be accelerating. This book examines the reliability of this finding and its implications for the study of supernovae and cosmology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Cosmological Observations: 1. Type Ia supernovae and their cosmological implications A.V. Filippenko and A. G. Riess; Part II. High Redshift Environments: 2. The Universe at z ~ 1: Implications for type Ia supernovae A. Dressler; 3. Probable effects of interstellar extinction on searches for SNe at z ~ 1 D. G. York; Part III. Progenitor Models: 4. The progenitors of type Ia Supernova M. Livio; 5. Type Ia supernova progenitors, models, and their cosmological signatures P. Ruiz-Lapuente et al.; 6. Type Ia supernova progenitors, environmental effects, and cosmic supernova rates K. Nomoto et al.; Part IV. Explosion and Light Curve Modeling: 7. On the evolution of type Ia supernovae with redshift P. Höflich et al.; Part V. Cosmological Perspectives: 8. Why cosmologists believe the universe is accelerating M. S. Turner; 9. The Sloan Digital sky survey and supernovae Ia J. A. Frieman; 10. Type Ia supernovae and cosmology: can L = 0 models be salvaged? W. Hillebrandt.

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• Authors: J. C. Niemeyer, J.c. Niemeyer
• Assisted by: J. C. Niemeyer (Editor), Niemeyer J. C. (Editor), J. W. Truran (Editor), Truran J. W. (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521126533
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12653-3
• Series: Cambridge Contemporary Astroph; Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics