The First Galaxies in the Universe (eBook)

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2013
560 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4560-6 (ISBN)

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The First Galaxies in the Universe - Abraham Loeb, Steven R. Furlanetto
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This book provides a comprehensive, self-contained introduction to one of the most exciting frontiers in astrophysics today: the quest to understand how the oldest and most distant galaxies in our universe first formed. Until now, most research on this question has been theoretical, but the next few years will bring about a new generation of large telescopes that promise to supply a flood of data about the infant universe during its first billion years after the big bang. This book bridges the gap between theory and observation. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers on early galaxies. The First Galaxies in the Universe starts from basic physical principles before moving on to more advanced material. Topics include the gravitational growth of structure, the intergalactic medium, the formation and evolution of the first stars and black holes, feedback and galaxy evolution, reionization, 21-cm cosmology, and more. Provides a comprehensive introduction to this exciting frontier in astrophysics Begins from first principles Covers advanced topics such as the first stars and 21-cm cosmology Prepares students for research using the next generation of large telescopes Discusses many open questions to be explored in the coming decade

Abraham Loeb is Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, chair of the Astronomy Department, and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at Harvard University. Loeb is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form? (Princeton). Steven R. Furlanetto is associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.1.2013
Reihe/Serie Princeton Series in Astrophysics
Princeton Series in Astrophysics
Zusatzinfo 32 color illus. 24 halftones. 152 line illus. 6 tables.
Verlagsort Princeton
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Thermodynamik
Technik
Schlagworte 21-cm cosmology • 21-cm line • Accelerating expansion of the universe • Accretion (astrophysics) • accretion disk • active galactic nuclei • Active Galactic Nucleus • age of the universe • AGN • Alpha particle • analytic models • Astronomical spectroscopy • astrophysical objects • astrophysical processes • astrophysics • Atomic Nucleus • Atomic physics • Baryon • Big Bang • big bang nucleosynthesis • Black Holes • celestial sphere • Chandra X-Ray Observatory • Chemical Processes • Chronology of the universe • Cluster Formation • Compton Gamma Ray Observatory • computational methods • Cosmic Background Radiation • Cosmic Dawn • cosmic evolution • Cosmic Evolution (book) • cosmic history • Cosmic microwave background • Cosmic Ray • cosmological constant • Cosmological Perturbations • Cosmological Phase Transition • Cosmology • dark ages • Dark Matter • density evolution • disk formation • Dwarf Galaxies • Dwarf Galaxy • Dwarf spheroidal galaxy • earliest gaseous clouds • early galaxies • early stars • Einstein radius • Einstein ring • Elliptical galaxy • feedback effects • feedback processes • first dwarf galaxies • first galaxies • First Stars • fossil records • fossil structure • Free-fall time • fundamental cosmology • Galactic Astronomy • Galactic Center • galactic emission lines • Galactic halo • galactic superwinds • Galaxies • Galaxy cluster • Galaxy Evolution • Galaxy Formation • Galaxy Formation and Evolution • Galaxy Group • Galaxy merger • Galaxy rotation curve • Gamma ray • gamma-ray burst • Gravitational collapse • gravitational growth • Gravitational Wave • Gravitational-wave observatory • halo formation • Halo mass function • halo mergers • Helium • High-Redshift Galaxies • high-z Universe • H II region • Hubble's law • Hubble space telescope • Hydrogen • hydrogen atom • hydrogen line • hydrogen reionization • hyperfine line • Hypernova • IGM • IGM properties • Inflation (cosmology) • innermost stable circular orbit • intergalactic hydrogen • Intergalactic Medium • Interstellar Medium • Ionization • ionization structures • James Webb Space Telescope • Lambda-CDM model • Leptogenesis (physics) • linear growth • Luminosity • Luminosity function (astronomy) • luminous material • Lyman-break galaxy • Lyman-_ emissions • Lyman-_ line • Lyman-_ photons • Lyman-α emissions • Lyman-α line • Lyman-α photons • Massive Stars • mechanical feedback • Metallicity • Methods of detecting exoplanets • milky way • Neutrino decoupling • neutron star • NGC 4414 • nonlinear evolution • Nonlinear structure • nuclear fusion • Numerical simulations • observable universe • observational probes • Optical depth • Pair-instability supernova • perturbations • photoheating • Photon • physical cosmology • Planck (spacecraft) • positive feedback • primordial gas • Protostar • protostars • quantum mechanics • Quasar • quasars • Radiation pressure • radiative feedback • radiative processes • Radio Galaxy • Recombination (cosmology) • Redshift • Reionization • Satellite galaxy • Scale factor (cosmology) • secondary anisotropies • semianalytic models • small density fluctuations • Solar Luminosity • Solar mass • spacecraft • SPHERICAL MODEL • spin-flip background • spin-flip fluctuations • spin-flip transition • Spiral galaxy • standard cosmological model • Star • star cluster • star formation • star-forming galaxies • statistical fluctuations • Stellar Archaeology • Stellar atmosphere • stellar evolution • stellar feedback • stellar ionizing photons • Stellar mass • stellar-mass black holes • stellar mass functions • Stellar population • Structure • Subgiant • supergiant • Supermassive Black Holes • Supernova • Supernova nucleosynthesis • Temperature • Type Ia supernova • Ultimate fate of the universe • Universe • Wavelength • X-ray background • X-ray binary
ISBN-10 1-4008-4560-2 / 1400845602
ISBN-13 978-1-4008-4560-6 / 9781400845606
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