New Insights into the Universe Proceedings of a Summer School Held in València, Spain, 23–27 September 1991

Indispensable for the building of cosmological models are precise observational data. To provide such data is the main purpose of this book. First, an analysis of recent cosmological observations using artificial satellites and large ground-based telescopes is given. Among these are the observation...

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Other Authors: Martinez, Vicent J. (Editor), Portilla, Miguel (Editor), Saez, Diego (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Statistics of cosmological density fields
  • Large-scale structures and motions: Linear theory and statistics
  • Clusters of galaxies as probes for the large scale structure
  • Galaxy formation with gravitation, hydrodynamics and active star formation
  • Secondary anisotropies in the CMB
  • The Relikt missions: Results and prospects to detect the microwave background anisotropy
  • ROSAT observations of clusters of galaxies
  • Statistics of gravitational lensing 1: Strong lenses
  • Statistics of gravitational lensing 2: Weak lenses