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Galaxy Formation

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  1. Malcolm S. Longair

    1. Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Preliminaries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction, History and Outline

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      Pages 3-19

    3. The Large Scale Structure of the Universe

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      Pages 20-40

    4. Galaxies

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      Pages 41-70

    5. Clusters of Galaxies

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      Pages 71-105

  3. The Basic Framework

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      Pages 107-107
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    2. The Theoretical Framework

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      Pages 109-132

    3. An Introduction to Relativistic Gravity

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      Pages 133-151

    4. The Friedman World Models

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      Pages 152-185

    5. The Determination of Cosmological Parameters

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      Pages 186-216

    6. The Thermal History of the Universe

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      Pages 217-232

    7. Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe

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      Pages 233-249

  4. The Development of Primordial Fluctuations Under Gravity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    4. Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation

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      Pages 293-307

  5. The Post-Recombination Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 361-361
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About this book

For Deborah, Mark and Sarah 'Not another book on cosmology!', I hear the reader exclaim. 'Surely there are quite enough books on cosmology to satisfy everyone's needs?' I was asked by Springer-Verlag to expand into a full-length book the set of lecture notes that I prepared in 1988 for the First Astrophysics School organised by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network. The set of notes was entitled Galaxy Formation and was published as a chapter of the vol­ ume Evolution of Galaxies: Astronomical Observations (eds. 1. Appenzeller, H. J. Habing and P. Lena, pages 1 to 93, Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 1989). In that chapter, I attempted to bridge the gap between elementary cosmology and the technical papers appearing in the literature, which can seem quite daunting on first encounter. The objective was to present the physical concepts and key results as clearly as possible as an introduction and guide to the technical literature. The revision of these lecture notes into a full-length book was delayed by other projects. Specifically, I am completing a three-volume work for Cam­ bridge University Press, entitled High Energy Astrophysics, (Volume 1, 1992; Volume 2, 1994; Volume 3, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1998). In addition, a further series of lecture notes on The Physics of Background Radiation was prepared for the 1993 23rd Advanced Course of the Swiss So­ ciety of Astrophysics and Astronomy, the topic of which was The Deep Uni­ verse (A. R. Sandage, R. G. Kron and M. S.
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"This book is yet another example of the author's oustanding expository skills and deserves to be hailed as a brilliant and up-to-date account of current understanding in the field of cosmology and galaxy formation."
The Observatory, 1999

 „…Despite its title, the book actually covers pretty much all of extragalactic astronomy and cosmology…offers one of the most comprehensive descriptions of the topic, in particular where observational data are concerned….Longair never fails to place the results within the big picture…Besides completeness, it is also the most up-to-date textbook. Even very recent developments are included,....I very much enjoyed reading this book, and I am sure I will make use of it the next time I teach a cosmology graduate course, as both a textbook for the students and a guide in preparing my lectures."
Physics Today, September 1999

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  • Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Malcolm S. Longair

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