Extragalactic Background Radiation
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Part of Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series
- Editors:
- Daniela Calzetti, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
- Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
- Piero Madau, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
- Date Published: March 1995
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521495585
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What does the extragalactic background radiation, from gamma-rays through to radio waves, tell us about the formation and evolution of structure in the Universe? A workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute was held to address just this question: it provided a unique opportunity for observational astronomers and theorists to share their expertise, and to help synthesise a new understanding. Fourteen invited reviews from internationally renowned experts are presented here as an edited and coherent overview. Chapters are dedicated to the gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, infrared, microwave and radio backgrounds, as well as to the detection of anisotropies and the theory of structure formation. Together these reviews provide a unique, multi-wavelength overview of the extragalactic background radiation and how it relates to structure in the Universe. They summarise our present knowledge, highlight outstanding problems and provide focus for future work. In this way these reviews provide a unique reference for graduates and professionals in astronomy, cosmology and physics.
Read more- A unique collection and synthesis of observational work right across the electromagnetic spectrum, as well as of the latest theory
- Fourteen edited review articles by international experts
- A unique summary of present knowledge - highlighting outstanding problems and providing focus for future research
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- Date Published: March 1995
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521495585
- length: 307 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 179 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.785kg
- contains: 10 b/w illus. 13 tables
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
List of participants
1. Introduction P. J. E. Peebles
2. Extragalactic gamma-ray background N. Gehrels and C. Cheung
3. The X-ray background (observations) G. Zamorani
4. Extragalactic ultraviolet background radiation R. C. Henry and J. Murthy
5. Ultraviolet background (theory) P. Jakobsen
6. The optical extragalactic background radiation J. A. Tyson
7. Infrared background (observations) M. G. Hauser
8. The infrared background (theory) C. J. Lonsdale
9. Microwave background radiation (observations) J. C. Mather
10. Detection of degree scale anisotropy P. M. Lubin
11. Cosmic microwave background anisotropies and structure formation in the universe N. Vittorio
The radio background emission - the long and short of it M. S. Longair
13. The radio background: radio-loud galaxies at high and low redshifts J. A. Peacock
14. Conference summary M. J. Rees.
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