Overview
- Very timely book on very active research field with relevance to Cosmology and Fundamental Physics
- Provides a comprehensive account of the scientific results on high-redshift galaxies accumulated during the past ten years
- A valuable companion text for special lectures on the high-redshift universe and cosmic evolution
- Serves as important tool for research students starting a thesis work in the field of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology
- Provides a thorough introduction to the topic for interested researchers
- Designed as a tool for planning future observational and instrumental programs and projects
- Written for astronomers as well as for physicists not having prior astronomical knowledge
- Contains introductory chapters describing the basic concepts and notations used in modern astronomy and a brief overview of the present knowledge of the local universe
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Table of contents (12 chapters)
-
Part I The Context
-
Part II Methods and Tools
-
Part III Observational Results and their Interpretation
-
Part IV An Outlook to the Future
Reviews
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: High-Redshift Galaxies
Book Subtitle: Light from the Early Universe
Authors: Immo Appenzeller
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75824-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75823-5Published: 09 July 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51810-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-75824-2Published: 17 June 2009
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 352
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Measurement Science and Instrumentation