Galaxy formation / Malcolm S. Longair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longair, Malcolm S., 1941- author.

Series:

Astronomy and astrophysics library.

Astronomy and astrophysics library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astrophysics.

Cosmology.

Galaxies--Formation.

Galaxies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (784 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Springer, [2023]

Summary:

This third edition of Malcolm Longair’s highly acclaimed textbook, Galaxy Formation, is an up-to-date text on astrophysical cosmology expounding the structure of classical cosmological models from a contemporary viewpoint. This forms the background to a detailed study of the origin of structure and galaxies in the Universe. The derivations of many of the most important results are described using simple physical arguments which illuminate the results of more advanced treatments. A very wide range of recent observational data is brought to bear upon the problems, including the results from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Planck mission of the European Space Agency, galaxy surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the ALMA submillimetre observatory, studies of Type 1a supernovae and many other remarkable recent observations. This book serves as an ideal text for graduate level courses on astrophysical cosmology and is also highly appreciated as a reference source for professional astrophysicist and cosmologists.

Contents:

Part I Preliminaries

A Very Brief History of Cosmology and Galaxy Formation

The Large Scale Structure of the Universe

Galaxies

Clusters of Galaxies

Part II The Basic Framework

The Theoretical Framework

An Introduction to Relativistic Gravity

The Friedman World Models

The Determination of Cosmological Parameters

The Thermal History of the Universe

Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe

Part III The Development of Primordial Fluctuations under Gravity

The Evolution of Density Perturbations in the Standard Big Bang

More Tools and Problems

Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation

Correlation Functions and the Spectrum of the Initial Fluctuations

The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

The Post-Recombination Era

The Evolution of Galaxies and Active Galaxies with Cosmic Epoch

The Intergalactic Medium

Making Real Galaxies

The Very Early Universe. .

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Longair, Malcolm S. Galaxy Formation

ISBN:

9783662658918

OCLC:

1376193148