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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume reviews the current status with respect to both theory and observation of the extragalactic distance scale. A sufficient accuracy is required both for a precise determination of the cosmological parameters and also in order to achieve a better understanding of physical processes in extragalactic systems. The "standard candles", used to set up the extragalactic distance scale, reviewed in this book include cepheid variables, RR Lyrae variables, novae, Type Ia and Type II supernovae as well as globular clusters and planetary nebulae.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stellar Candles for the Extragalactic Distance Scale
Editors: Danielle Alloin, Wolfgang Gieren
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b13985
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-20128-1Published: 20 October 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05762-5Published: 05 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-39882-0Published: 12 September 2003
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 309
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory