Overview
- Reviews the latest in astronomical distance determination
- Offers analysis of challenges and new methods in the field
- Written by the primary researchers on the subject
Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 66)
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Keywords
- astronomical distance scale
- astronomical distance indicators
- secondary distance indicators
- redshift measurement
- indirect distance measurement
- indirect distance methods
- standard candles
- extragalactic distance scale
- galactic distance scale
- Gaia mission
- Hipparcos mission history
- trigonometric parallax
- Hubble Fine Guidance Sensor
- Hubble constant determination
About this book
These papers go one step further, putting the many recent results and new developments into the broader context of the physics driving cosmic distance determination. Thus, the volume will benefit researchers spanning a wide range of expertise, including theorists, observers, and modelers working on a large variety of spatial scales.
Originally published in Space Science Reviews in the Topical Collection "Astronomical Distance Determination in the Space Age"
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof Maurizio Falanga received his university degree for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy at the University of Basel, Switzerland and his PhD degree in astrophysics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza”, Italy. He received the venia docendi in physics from the University of Basel in 2013. His scientific background is in high-energy astrophysics (hot universe and compact objects). Since 2009, he has been the Science Program Manager at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland. Between 2013 and 2018 he was appointed as the founding Executive Director of the International Space Sciences Institute in Beijing, China. He is author and coauthor of about 200 published papers and editor of several books in his research fields.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Astronomical Distance Determination in the Space Age
Editors: Richard de Grijs, Maurizio Falanga
Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1630-5Published: 13 February 2019
Series ISSN: 1385-7525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 429
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 102 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Spin-off from Space Science Reviews in the Topical Collection "Astronomical Distance Determination in the Space Age"