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Colloquium on the Age of the Universe, Dark Matter, and Structure Formation.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Colloquium on the Age of the Universe, Dark Matter, and Structure Formation, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- Colloquium on the Age of the Universe, Dark Matter, and Structure Formation (1997 : Irvine, Calif.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology--Congresses.
- Cosmology.
- Dark matter (Astronomy)--Congresses.
- Dark matter (Astronomy).
- Large scale structure (Astronomy)--Congresses.
- Large scale structure (Astronomy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (96 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- National Academy of Sciences Colloquium, the Age of the Universe, Dark Matter, and Structure Formation
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- COLLOQUIUM ON THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE, DARK MATTER, AND STRUCTURE FORMATION
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- SPEAKERS
- PROGRAM
- PARTICIPANTS
- Contents
- The age of the universe, dark matter, and structure formation
- Measuring cosmological parameters
- m- The Matter Density
- and m Limits
- Gravitational Lens Statistics
- m and from Type Ia Supernovae
- Summary of Current m and Measurements
- H0-The Hubble Constant
- Gravitational Lenses
- Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and X-Ray Measurements
- The Cepheid-Calibrated Extragalactic Distance Scale
- t0-Ages of the Oldest Stars
- Cosmological Parameters from Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies
- Summary
- Globular clusters, Hipparcos, and the age of the galaxy
- Calibrating Cluster Distances
- Hipparcos and the Local Subdwarfs
- Cluster Distances
- Qualifications and Uncertainties
- Conclusions
- Globular cluster ages
- The Isochrone Fitting Method
- The Horizontal Branch Morphology Method
- The Luminosity Function Method
- Discussion and Conclusions
- The age of the universe from nuclear chronometers
- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
- Galaxies and large scale structure at high redshifts
- Background
- The Picture at z≤1
- Beyond z~1
- Large Scale Structure at z~3
- The HDF and the Global History of Star Formation
- Concluding Remarks
- The microwave background anisotropies: Observations
- Anisotropies at Angles Larger than 10°: The COBE Measurements
- Anisotropies at Angular Scales Smaller than 10°: Predictions
- Anisotropies at Angular Scales Smaller than 10°: Current Measurements
- Anisotropies at Angular Scales Smaller than 10°: Future Prospects
- Cosmic microwave background theory
- THE THEORETICAL AGENDA
- Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) as a Probe of Early Universe Physics
- Cosmic Parameters
- Freedom in Inflation.
- LSS Constraints on the Power Spectrum
- Cosmological Radiative Transport
- Secondary Anisotropies
- CMB PARAMETER ESTIMATION, CURRENT AND FUTURE
- The Theorists' Phenomenology of CMB Experiments
- Parameters from the CMB, Current State
- Parameters from the CMB+LSS, Current State
- CMB Constraints on Ultralarge-Scale Structure
- Parameters from the CMB, Future
- Primordial nucleosynthesis
- Overview
- Density of Baryons
- Dark Matter
- The universe at z>
- 5: When and how did the "dark age" end
- Clustering in Hierarchical Models
- Evidence for Diffuse Gas at High z
- Detection of First Galaxies at z ≥ 6 via Lyman α Features
- Very High Redshift Supernovae (and Gamma-Ray Bursts?)
- The First Stars: Some Uncertainties
- Heavy Elements and Magnetic Fields
- Where Are the Oldest Stars?
- Particle components of dark matter
- Why Supersymmetry?
- The LSP
- Searches for Dark Matter Particles
- Axions
- Conclusion
- Direct searches for dark matter: Recent results
- Searching for WIMPs
- Example WIMP Search
- Searching for Axions
- Galaxy formation
- Clusters of Galaxies as Scaled Protogalaxies
- Dissipative Galaxy Assembly at Redshift z≤3
- Galaxies at High Redshift
- A CDM Model for Early Galaxy Assembly
- X-ray emission from clusters and groups of galaxies
- Observational Status
- Clusters as Cosmological Probes
- MASS DISTRIBUTION AND DARK MATTER
- General Results
- Comparison of Results with Other Methods
- ABUNDANCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ORIGIN OF STRUCTURE
- CLUSTER EVOLUTION
- GROUPS
- CONCLUSION
- Cosmic velocity fields and their interpretation
- Small-Scale Fields
- Large-Scale Flows
- Measuring the topology of the universe
- Biographical Sketches of Speakers and Chairmen.
- Notes:
- Reprinted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 95, pp. 1-84, 1998"--P. [2] of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-21041-9
- 9786610210411
- 0-309-59074-4
- OCLC:
- 70773651
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