| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
From First Light to Reionization; Preface; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 First Light and Reionization; 1.2 The Cosmological Framework; 1.3 Organization of this Book; 1.4 Key Observations in this Field; Part 1 Theory; 2 The First Stars; 3 The First Star Clusters and Galaxies; 4 Cosmic Reionization; Part 2 Observational Techniques and their Results; 5 Studying the Epoch of Reionization of Hydrogen; 6 The First Galaxies and Quasars; 7 Deep Imaging and Spectroscopy Surveys; 8 The Reionization of Helium; 9 Future Instrumentation; A Overview of Physical Concepts |
| Summary |
This up-to-date and concise account of a critical period of the early universe directly links the latest theories and experiments. Targeted at cosmological problems rather than specific methods, it begins with an introduction reviewing the early universe and looks at why reionization is important. The process of reionization analyzes simple analytical considerations and compares existing observations, while a further chapter describes some of the issues regarding the transition from Population III to Population II stars, as well as the constraints that can be derived from WMAP. Further chapter |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cosmology.
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Beginning.
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cosmology.
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SCIENCE -- Cosmology.
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Beginning
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Cosmology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783527627363 |
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3527627367 |
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9783527627370 |
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3527627375 |
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1282118528 |
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9781282118522 |
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9786612118524 |
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6612118520 |
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