The Extragalactic Distance Scale

Table of Contents

Participants
Preface
Foreword
Early history of the distance scale problem, S. van den Bergh
Cosmology: From Hubble to HST, M. S. Turner
Age constraints nucleocosmochronology, J. Truran
The ages of globular clusters, P. Demarque
The linearity of the Hubble flow M. Postman
Gravitational lensing and the extragalactic distance scale, R. D. Blandford andT . Kundic
Using the cosmic microwave background to constrain the Hubble constant A. Lasenby and T M. Jones
Cepheids as distance indicators, N. R. Tanvir
The I-band Tully–Fisher relation and the Hubble constant, R. Giovanell
The calibration of type 1a supernovae as standard candles, A. Saha
Focusing in on the Hubble constant, G. A. Tammann & M. Federspiel
Interim report on the calibration of the Tully–Fisher relation in the HST Key Project to measure the Hubble constant, J. Mould et al.
Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the extragalactic distance scale, W. L. Freedman, B. F. Madore and T R. C. Kennicutt
Novae as distance indicators, M. Livio
Verifying the planetary nebula luminosity function method, G. H. Jacoby
On the possible use of radio supernovae for distance determinations, K. W. Weiler et al.
Post-AGB stars as standard candles, H. Bond
Helium core flash at the tip of the red giant branch: a population II distance indicator, B. F. Madore, W. L. Freedman and T S. Sakai
Globular clusters as distance indicators, B. C. Whitmore
Detached eclipsing binaries as primary distance and age indicators, B. Paczynski
Light echoes: geometric measurement of galaxy distances, W. B. Sparks
The SBF survey of galaxy distances J. L. Tonry
Extragalactic distance scales: The long and short of it, V. Trimble.