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High-redshift Galaxies
Immo Appenzeller
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Description for High-redshift Galaxies
Hardback. This comprehensive account of the last ten years' scientific results on high-redshift galaxies summarizes and critically discusses the wealth of observational data as well as the methods which made it possible to study these distant and faint objects. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 366 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
The high-redshift galaxies became a distinct research ?eld during the ?nal decade of the20thcentury. AtthattimetheLyman-breaktechniquemadeitpossibletoidentify signi?cant samples of such objects, and the new generation of 8 to 10-m telescopes resulted in ?rst good spectroscopic data. Today the high-redshift galaxies have developed into one of the important topics of astrophysics, accounting for about 5–10% of the publications in the major scienti?c journals devoted to astronomy. Because high-redshift galaxies is a rapidly developing ?eld and since new results are published constantly, writing a book on this topic is challenging. On the other hand, in view of the large amount of individual results ... Read more
The high-redshift galaxies became a distinct research ?eld during the ?nal decade of the20thcentury. AtthattimetheLyman-breaktechniquemadeitpossibletoidentify signi?cant samples of such objects, and the new generation of 8 to 10-m telescopes resulted in ?rst good spectroscopic data. Today the high-redshift galaxies have developed into one of the important topics of astrophysics, accounting for about 5–10% of the publications in the major scienti?c journals devoted to astronomy. Because high-redshift galaxies is a rapidly developing ?eld and since new results are published constantly, writing a book on this topic is challenging. On the other hand, in view of the large amount of individual results ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540758235
SKU
V9783540758235
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About Immo Appenzeller
Prof. Immo Appenzeller is the emeritus director of the Heidelberg Observatory (Landessternwarte Heidelberg). From 1994 - 1997 he served as General Secretary of the International Astronomical Union. He was PI or CO of various large national and international instrumentation and research projects. His current main research topics are very distant (young) galaxies, active galaxies and QSOs, massive luminous stars, cosmic X-ray sources, ... Read more
Reviews for High-redshift Galaxies
From the reviews: “This ambitious book aims to summarize our view of high-redshift galaxies and their contents. … He describes how to find high-redshift objects, how to characterize them, how to deal with selection effects, and so on. … Appenzeller has done a fine job in summarizing the study of high-redshift galaxies and this will act as an excellent ... Read more