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Wide Field Spectroscopy And The Distant Universe Proceedings Of The 35th Herstmonceux Conference
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Book Synopsis Wide Field Spectroscopy And The Distant Universe - Proceedings Of The 35th Herstmonceux Conference by : S Maddox
Download or read book Wide Field Spectroscopy And The Distant Universe - Proceedings Of The 35th Herstmonceux Conference written by S Maddox and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-05-31 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galaxies represent the most readily visible fabric of the cosmos. Their morphological types, luminosities and environmental surroundings contain valuable clues as to their origin and evolution. Locally, a strong correlation is seen between galaxy morphology and environmental location; this may have been molded at surprisingly modest redshifts. Spectroscopic and photometric studies of deep fields also suggest remarkably recent changes in the galaxy population. The associated growth of structure during the same interval can be tracked via X-ray studies of distant clusters of galaxies.Very recently, impressive observational facilities have been completed, each of which has extended the astronomers' dataset to look-back times where such evolutionary effects can be studied.This volume discusses surveys which share a common theme — the need for a large number of ground-based spectra. It focuses on the various approaches via a single theme concerned with the evolution of galaxies and their distribution. In the near future, impressive new observational facilities will be able to generate large statistical spectroscopic surveys, and the aim of this volume is to assess the scientific impact that ongoing and future spectroscopic surveys can make. Emphasis is placed on the role of non-optical and satellite facilities and the co-ordination of international efforts.
Author :Steve J. Maddox Publisher :World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated ISBN 13 :9789810220310 Total Pages :416 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (23 download)
Book Synopsis Wide Field Spectroscopy and the Distant Universe by : Steve J. Maddox
Download or read book Wide Field Spectroscopy and the Distant Universe written by Steve J. Maddox and published by World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wide-Field Spectroscopy by : E. Kontizas
Download or read book Wide-Field Spectroscopy written by E. Kontizas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E. KONTIZAS Astronomical Institute National Observatory of Athens P. O. Box 20048 Athens GR-1181O GREECE The international conference on "Wide-Field Spectroscopy" and its sub ject matter were agreed during the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 1994 by the Working Group of Com mision 9 "Wi de-Field Imaging". This meeting gave an opportunity to world experts on this subject to gather in Athens, in order to discuss the cur rent exploitation and the impending opportunities that exist in the area of multi-object spectroscopy, with particular emphasis on: 1. Astronomical instruments, data acquisition, processing and analysis techniques. 2. Astrophysical problems best tackled through wide-field, multi-object spectroscopy. The new fibre optic technology offers an important tool for the advancement of basic research and the development of industrial applications. Astronom ical spectroscopy is a field of astronomy which has contributed much to the advancement of fundamental physics. The spectra of hot stars have been used to determine the well-known Balmer formula for the wavelength of hydrogen lines, in the late 19th century. Since then, spectroscopy has made enormous progress in stellar atmosphere studies, in kinematics, and in the detection of high redshifts in the Universe. The traditional techniques of obtaining wide-field spectroscopic data are based on slitless spectroscopy (objective prism). Several observations, world wide, make use ofthese tech niques in order to obtain information on the spectral properties of objects in large areas of the sky.
Book Synopsis Clustering in the Universe by : S. Maurogordato
Download or read book Clustering in the Universe written by S. Maurogordato and published by Atlantica Séguier Frontières. This book was released on 1995 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Generation of Cosmological Large-Scale Structure by : David N. Schramm
Download or read book Generation of Cosmological Large-Scale Structure written by David N. Schramm and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volwne is the proceedings of the third school in particle astrophysics that Schramm and Galeotti have organized at Erice. The focus of thirs third school was the Generation of Cosmological Large-Scale Structure. It was held in November of 1996. The fIrst school in the series was on "Gauge Theory and the Early Universe" in May 1986, the second was on "Dark Matter in the Universe" in May 1988. All three schools have been successful under the auspices of the NATO Advanced Study Institute. This volume is thus the third in the series of the proceedings of these schools. The choice of the topic for this third school was natural, since the problem of generating a large-scale structure has become the most pressing problem in cosmology today. In particular, it is this generation of structure that is the interface between astronomical observations and particle models for the early universe. To date, all models for generating structures inevitably require new fundamental physics beyond the standard, SU x SU X U , model of high energy physics. The 3 2 I seeds for generating structures usually invoke unifIcation physics, and the matter needed to clump and form them seems to require particle properties that have not been seen in laboratories to date.
Book Synopsis Cold Gas at High Redshift by : M.N. Bremer
Download or read book Cold Gas at High Redshift written by M.N. Bremer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen increasing evidence that the main epoch of galaxy formation in the universe may be directly accessible to observation. An gular fluctuations in the background relict radiation have been detected by various ground-based instruments as well as by the COBE satellite, and suggest that the epoch of galaxy formation was not so very early. Combined optical and radio studies have found galaxies at redshifts above 2. 0, systems that at least superficially show the characteristics expected of large galaxies seen only shortly after their formation. And absorption lines in the spectra of quasars seem to be telling us that most cold gas at early to intermediate cosmological epochs was in clouds having roughly galaxy sized masses. What kinds of new observations will best help us study this high redshift universe in future? What new instruments will be needed? These are questions that loom large in the minds of the Dutch astronom ical community as we celebrate 25 years of operation of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. Celebration of this Silver Jubilee has included a birthday party (on 23 June, 1995), a commemorative volume looking at both the history and the future of the facility ("The Westerbork Observa tory, Continuing Adventure in Radio Astronomy," Kluwer 1996), and an international workshop, held in the village of Hoogeveen on 28-30 August, 1995.
Download or read book Cosmion-94 written by and published by Atlantica Séguier Frontières. This book was released on 1996 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Shapes of Galaxies and Their Dark Halos by : Priyamvada Natarajan
Download or read book The Shapes of Galaxies and Their Dark Halos written by Priyamvada Natarajan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2002-03-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of a very topical workshop aimed at understanding the shapes of the baryonic and dark matter components of galaxies. Several groups presented their recent results from observations and numerical N-body simulations. Contents:Intrinsic Shapes of GalaxiesShapes from Lensing StudiesDark Matter Halos from N-Body SimulationsShapes Mapped Using Stellar TracersShapes from HI Studies and Polar RingsShapes from Studies of SatellitesConstraints from X-Ray StudiesShapes from Absorption Studies Readership: Graduate students, researchers and academics in astrophysics, astronomy and cosmology. Keywords:Galaxies;Dark Halos
Book Synopsis Programming Paradigms in Graphics by : Remco C. Veltkamp
Download or read book Programming Paradigms in Graphics written by Remco C. Veltkamp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume are a good sampling and overview of current solutions to the problems of creating graphically based systems. This breadth of scope comes out of the closing discussion at the Fourth Eurographics Workshop on Object-Oriented Graphics. The fifth workshop, on Programming Paradigms in Graphics, set out to provide answers and alternatives to the shortcomings of object-oriented graphics. The presentations investigated the applicability, merits and problems of various programming paradigms in computer graphics for design, modelling and implementation. This book contains a revised selection of the best papers from the Fifth Eurograph ics Workshop on Programming Paradigms in Graphics, held 2-3 September 1995 in Maastricht, The ~etherlands. All papers at the workshop were subjected to a thorough review by at least three members of the international programme committee. The se lection for this book was based on further review and the papers also incorporate the relevant aspects of the discussions at the workshop. In past Eurographics workshops on Object-Oriented Graphics the prominent trend has been a discovery of the limits of object-orientation in graphics. The limitations of object-orientation were felt to lie in such areas as the expression of relationships between objects. This is an area of particular strength for the declarative languages, such as constraint-based languages. On the other hand, a notion of state has long been a problem in declarative languages and yet it is often seen as an essential aspect of graphical modelling, particularly in simulation and animation.
Book Synopsis Large Scale Structure: Tracks And Traces - Proceedings Of 12th Potsdam Cosmology Workshop by : Volker Muller
Download or read book Large Scale Structure: Tracks And Traces - Proceedings Of 12th Potsdam Cosmology Workshop written by Volker Muller and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998-08-08 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the largest physical structures in the universe is essential for the comprehension of the cosmos as a whole. We want to know how our world is formed, what it is made of and how it evolves.Galaxies, as the most visible constituents of the universe, are interesting probes for the cosmic time sequence. Their formation and development provides us with unique clues to the cosmic evolution. This is tightly connected with the hierarchical cosmic structure: groups and clusters of galaxies and their embedding into the large scale structure offer the opportunity to study the dependencies.Galaxy redshift surveys delineate most impressively a large cosmic web, which is composed of sheets and filaments. Grand simulations of the cosmic evolution complement these observations from the theoretical side and allow one quantify and compare various model universes.Quasar absorption line studies, gravitational lensing and even the X-ray background radiation provide important quantitative measures of the history of matter clustering. Finally, the microwave radiation traces very early structures, which are supposed to originate in the phase of inflationary expansion shortly after the big bang.This volume constituting the proceedings of the 12th Potsdam Cosmology Workshop, deals with the basic aspects of cosmological structure formation on the largest physical scales.
Author :José Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa Publisher :Cambridge University Press ISBN 13 :9780521582919 Total Pages :356 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (829 download)
Book Synopsis Instrumentation for Large Telescopes by : José Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa
Download or read book Instrumentation for Large Telescopes written by José Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-10-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new generation of large, ground-based telescopes are just coming into operation. They will take astronomical research well into the next century. These extremely powerful telescopes demand specially designed instruments and observing techniques. The VII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics gathered together leading experts from around the world to review this technology. Based on the meeting, this timely volume presents eight specially written chapters covering all aspects of telescope instrumentation. This book provides an essential reference for all astronomers who will be the users of these large telescopes. It reviews both the challenges involved in designing successful instrumentation and the questions in astronomy they must address. We are taken from the fundamentals of astronomical imaging, low- and high-resolution spectroscopy, and polarimetry up to the state-of-the-art technology in adaptive optics and laser guide stars, interferometry, image pattern recognition, and optical, near and mid infrared arrays. This timely volume provides an excellent introduction for graduate students and an invaluable reference for researchers using the latest generation of large astronomical telescopes.
Book Synopsis Clusters, Lensing, and the Future of the Universe by : Virginia Trimble
Download or read book Clusters, Lensing, and the Future of the Universe written by Virginia Trimble and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wide-Field Spectroscopy by : E. Kontizas
Download or read book Wide-Field Spectroscopy written by E. Kontizas and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-04-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the May 1996 conference, presenting research from major observatories throughout the world on new techniques in wide-field, multi-object spectroscopy. Part I covers instrumentation, observatory projects, and data storing and processing, and Part II deals with our galaxy and the local group. Part III presents research on galaxies, quasars, and the large scale structure of the universe, while Part IV offers a panel discussion and conference summary. Specific topics include the cluster velocity field in dark matter models, optical surveys of quasars, multi-object spectroscopy and radio surveys, and planetary nebulae in extragalactic systems. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Year Book by : Carnegie Institution of Washington
Download or read book Year Book written by Carnegie Institution of Washington and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fiber Optics in Astronomy III by : Santiago Arribas
Download or read book Fiber Optics in Astronomy III written by Santiago Arribas and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings of the December 1997 conference reflect its emphasis on instrumentation and instrumental techniques, though some recent scientific results also are discussed. The 46 papers are divided into six parts--new advances in fiber technology and testing, multi-object spectroscopy, two-dimensional fiber spectroscopy, projects for large telescopes, multi-object and 2-D infrared fiber spectroscopy, and other applications. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Next Generation Wide-field Multi-object Spectroscopy by : Michael J. I. Brown
Download or read book Next Generation Wide-field Multi-object Spectroscopy written by Michael J. I. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Proceedings - Astronomical Society of Australia by : Astronomical Society of Australia
Download or read book Proceedings - Astronomical Society of Australia written by Astronomical Society of Australia and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
