Mathematical Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
Published on 19. February 1976
203 pages
978-0-08-087384-8 (ISBN)
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Mathematical Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
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Irving E. Segal
Mathematical Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
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01/1976
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- Front Cover
- Mathematical Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I. General introduction
- 1. Standpoint and purpose
- 2. Causality and geometry-historical
- 3. Conformality, groups, and particles-historical
- 4. Natural philosophy of chronogeometric cosmology
- 5. The universal cosmos-sketch
- 6. The chronometric redshift theory
- 7. Theoretical ramifications
- the cosmic background radiation
- Chapter II. Mathematical development
- 1. Causal orientations
- 2. Causality in groups
- 3. Causal morphisms of groups
- 4. Causality and conformality
- 5. Relation to Minkowski space
- 6. Observers and clocks
- 7. Local observers
- Chapter III. Physical theory
- 1. The Cosmos
- 2. Postulational development
- 3. Physical observers
- 4. Conformal geometry and the unitary formalism
- 5. Causal symmetries and the energy
- 6. The redshift
- 7. Local Lorentz frames
- 8. Cosmic background radiation
- 9. Special relativity as a limiting case of unispatial theory
- Chapter IV. Astronomical applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The redshift-magnitude relation
- 3. Further cosmological tests
- 4. The aperture correction for galaxies
- 5. Statistical effect of the selection of the brightest objects
- 6. The Peterson galaxies
- 7. Markarian galaxies and N-galaxies
- 8. The redshift-magnitude relation for nearby galaxies
- 9. The redshift-magnitude relation for Sandage's brightest cluster galaxies
- 10. Preliminary discussion of quasars
- 11. The N-z relation for quasars
- 12. The apparent magnitude distribution for quasars
- 13. The redshift-luminosity relation for quasars
- 14. The redshift-number relation for quasar subsamples
- 15. The Schmidt V/Vm test for quasars in the chronometric theory
- 16. The angular diameter redshift relation for double radio sources
- 17. Observation versus theory for radio sources
- 18. The Setti-Woltjer quasar classes
- 19. Other observational considerations
- Chapter V. Discussion
- 1. General conclusions
- 2. Theoretical aspects
- 3. Further observational work
- References
- Index
