On the Edge of the Cosmos
A Century of Revolution in Astronomy
Published on 7. April 2022
248 pages
978-2-7598-2707-7 (ISBN)
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English
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Les Ulis
France
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Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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978-2-7598-2707-7 (9782759827077)
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Omont Alain:
Alain Omont se trouve au coeur de cette aventure au sein de nombreuses collaborations internationales autour des grands instruments de l'astronomie au sol et dans l'espace. Il a été le premier directeur de l'Observatoire de Grenoble, puis directeur de l'Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (Sorbonne Université-CNRS) où il est aujourd'hui Directeur de recherche émérite CNRS.
Alain Omont se trouve au coeur de cette aventure au sein de nombreuses collaborations internationales autour des grands instruments de l'astronomie au sol et dans l'espace. Il a été le premier directeur de l'Observatoire de Grenoble, puis directeur de l'Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (Sorbonne Université-CNRS) où il est aujourd'hui Directeur de recherche émérite CNRS.
Content
- Intro
- On the Edgeof the Cosmos
- General Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Part I A Century of Revolutionin Our Vision of the Universe
- General View of 20th Century Astronomy and Its Starting Point
- Astronomy, the Key to Our Vision of the World
- Benchmarks on 1900 Astronomy and Its Shortcomings
- Scientific and Technical Revolutions, Drivers of 20th Century Astronomy
- Physics Revolutions, Keys to Astrophysics
- Giant Telescopes
- Overcoming the Disturbances of the Earth Atmosphere
- Exploiting All Spectral Domains from Radio to X-ray and Gamma-Ray
- Visiting the Planets
- No Pause in the Progress of Signal Detection and Exploitation
- Part II Stars are Well Understood
- How does a Star Work?
- Understanding the Stars
- Solving the Mystery of the Origin of the Energy of the Sun and the Stars
- The Life of the Stars
- Our Atoms were Born in the Stars
- Stars also Die
- Complexities of Star Birth and Physics
- General Star Formation Scenario
- Young Infrared Stars: Born in Dusty Cocoons
- Gravitational Contraction, Accretion and Discs
- Universality of Stellar Pairs - Complex Ending of Their Lives
- Brown Dwarfs, Billions of Aborted Stars
- Stars are Still at the Forefront of Current Astronomy
- Stars and Ecology of Planets and Galaxies
- Part III The New World of Galaxies
- Discovery of Galaxies
- The Appreciation of the Nature of Galaxies Dates Back Only to the Beginning of the 20th Century
- First Steps in the World of Nearby Galaxies
- Architecture and Stellar Content of Galaxies
- Our Galaxy and Its Interstellar Medium
- Exploration of Our Galaxy, the Milky Way
- An Ordinary Galaxy
- Current Organization of Stars Resulting from the Milky Way History
- The Interstellar Gas, a Key Player in the Evolution of Galaxies
- Other Players in the Interstellar Medium
- Exotic Components of the Milky Way
- Hundreds Billions of Galaxies
- Galaxies at All Stages of Their Life
- The Turbulent Family Life of Galaxies
- Understanding the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
- Part IV Cosmology, the Science of the Universe as a Whole
- Birth of Cosmology
- The Universe of Galaxies is Expanding
- The Saga of the Big Bang Confirmation
- The Very First Phase in the History of the Universe: Uncertain Physics
- A Well-Understood Second Phase: The Standard Big Bang Model
- Content of the Universe and Structure Formation
- Formation of Galaxies and Structures of the Present Universe
- Fundamental Parameters of the Universe are Better Known than Its Physics
- Age of the Universe and Variations of the Determinations of the Hubble Constant
- An Overall Density Very Close to the Critical Density
- Need and Nature of Dark Matter
- A Last-Minute Surprise, the Re-Acceleration of the Expansion Involving an Unknown Source of Cosmic Energy
- Summarizing: An Unexpected Universe Model Validated in Multiple Ways
- Part V Singular Stars and Cataclysmsin Extreme Physical Conditions
- Explosions of Stars and Their Singular Residues
- Extreme Physics of Supernova Implosion/Explosion
- Neutron Stars, Hyper-Dense Supernova Residues
- Gamma-Ray Bursts, Even More Powerful Bursts
- Cosmic Rays, Messenger Particles of the High Energy Universe
- Black Holes and Their Power
- Black Holes, General Relativity and the Cosmos
- Stellar Black Holes
- Gravitational Waves, Propagation of Spacetime-Curvature Disturbances
- Quasars: New Stars a Thousand Times Brighter than Galaxies
- Manifestations of Super-Massive Black Holes and Their Interpretation
- Co-evolution of Galaxies and Their Black Hole
- The Super-Massive Black Hole of Our Galaxy and Others
- Part VI Planets, in the Solar System and Outside
- Direct Exploration of the Planets
- Planets, Stars of Astronomy until the 19th Century
- Half a Century Without Revolution for Planetology
- Humans Went to the Moon!
- We Broadly Understand the Origin of the Moon and Its Importance for the Earth
- Very Rich Close-up Photos of All the Bodies of the Solar System
- Summary of Planetary Expeditions
- Searching for Life in the Solar System: Where and When?
- Entering the Dream World of Exoplanets
- Explosion of Discoveries of New Planets
- The Majority of Stars have a Planetary System
- Surprising Variety of Exoplanets
- The Search for Earth-Like Planets
- Conclusion
- A New Cosmos in the 21st Century?
- A New Cosmos
- Auguries for 21st Century Astronomy?
- Glossary
- Acronyms and Space Missions
- References
- Index
