Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data
Will be published approx. on 30. September 1974
Book
Hardback
393 pages
978-90-277-0456-6 (ISBN)
Description
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 63, held in Cracow, Poland, September 10-12, 1973
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Edition
1974 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Springer
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
393 p.
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Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
717 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-277-0456-6 (9789027704566)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-010-2220-0
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Content
I / The Contemporary Structure and Dynamics of the Universe.- Observational Foundations for Assumptions in Cosmology.- Intergalactic Gas.- Confrontation of Lemaître Models and the Cosmological Constant with Observations.- The Hubble Constant and the Deceleration Parameter.- Evidence for Non-Velocity Redshifts.- General Discussion and Short Contributions.- II / The Structure of the Universe.- Superclustering of Galaxies.- The Counts of Radio Sources.- Radio Source Counts at Centimetre Wavelengths.- Observational Foundations of Inhomogeneous Universe.- Field Galaxies and Cluster Galaxies: Abundances of Morphological Types and Corresponding Luminosity Functions.- III / Relic Radiation.- Energy Density of the Relic Radiation.- Large Scale Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background.- Fine Scale Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.- The Thermal History of the Universe and the Spectrum of Relic Radiation.- The Spectrum of Density Perturbations in an Expanding Universe.- Cosmological Synthesis of the Elements.- IV / The Origin of Structure in the Expanding Universe.- The Formation of Galaxies in Friedmannian Universes.- Whirl Theory of the Origin of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies.- Generation of Sound from Primordial Cosmic Turbulence.- General Discussion and Short Contributions.- V / The Structure of Singularities.- General Solutions of the Equations of General Relativity near Singularities.- Singularities in Cosmology.- Isotropization of Homogeneous Cosmological Models.- The Anisotropy of the Universe at Large Times.- General Discussion and Short Contribution.- Large Number Coincidences and the Anthropic Principle in Cosmology.- Low Frequency Gravitational Waves in Cosmology.- VI / Matter-Antimatter Universes and Physical Processes Near theSingularity.- Quantum Descriptions of Singularities Leading to Pair Creation.- Creation of Particles in Cosmology.- Baryon Symmetric Big Bang Cosmology.- The Low Density Symmetric Cosmology.- Confrontation of Antimatter Cosmologies with Observational Data.- Short Contribution.- Concluding Remarks by M. J. Rees.- Vote of Thanks to Organisers by G. B. Field.- Index of Authors.- Index of Subjects.