The Hubble Deep Field

The first comprehensive review of one of the most important studies in cosmology over the last 50 years - an indispensable reference for all graduate students and researchers in observational or theoretical cosmology.

List of contents

Beginnings of observational cosmology Allan Sandage; The Hubble Deep Field Richard Ellis; Kinematics of distant galaxies Garth Illingworth; Redshift clustering in the HDF Judith Cohen; Radio observations of the HDF Kenneth Kellerman; The ISO survey of the HDF Michael Rowan-Robinson; Galaxy counts Rogier Windhorst; Large ground-based Redshift surveys in the context of the HDF Simon Lilly; Galaxy ages and morphologies at z~3 Mauro Giavalisco; Photometric redshifts of galaxies in the HDF Kenneth Lanzetta; Global evolution of the Stellar and Interstellar contents of galaxies S. Michael Fall; Model predictions for clustering and morphologies at HDF depths M. Steinmetz; Selection effects and robust measures of galaxy evolution Henry Ferguson; Disk galaxy evolution Joseph Silk; The evolution of luminous matter in the universe Piero Madau; Color-selected high redshift galaxies and the HDF Mark Dickinson; Gravitational lensing in the HDF Roger Blandford; White dwarf stars and the HDF Steven Kawaler; Educational use of the HDF Megan Donahue; The next generation space telescope John Mather; Summary Jim Peebles.

Summary

The first comprehensive review of one of the most important studies in cosmology over the last 50 years - an indispensable reference for all graduate students and researchers in observational or theoretical cosmology.

Product details

• Authors: Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute (U S ), Space Telescope Science Institute (U S.
• Assisted by: Michael Fall (Editor), S Michael Fall (Editor), S. Michael Fall (Editor), S. Michael (Space Telescope Science Institute Fall (Editor), Mario Livio (Editor), Mario (Space Telescope Science Institute Livio (Editor), Piero Madau (Editor), Piero (Space Telescope Science Institute Madau (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780521630979
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63097-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 254 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: Space Telescope Science Instit; Space Telescope Science Instit; Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics