Author : Vicent J. Martinez
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 2001-12-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1420036165
Over the last decade, statisticians have developed new statistical tools in the field of spatial point processes. At the same time, observational efforts have yielded a huge amount of new cosmological data to analyze. Although the main tools in astronomy for comparing theoretical results with observation are statistical, in recent years, cosmologis
Author : William C. Saslaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 18,57 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521394260
This topical volume examines one of the leading problems in astronomy - how galaxies cluster in our Universe. This book, first published in 2000, describes gravitational theory, computer simulations and observations related to galaxy distribution functions. It embeds distribution functions in a broader astronomical context, including other exciting contemporary topics such as correlation functions, fractals, bound clusters, topology, percolation and minimal spanning trees. Key results are derived and the necessary gravitational physics provided to ensure the book is self-contained. Throughout the book, theory, computer simulation and observation are carefully interwoven and critically compared. The book also shows how future observations can test the theoretical models for the evolution of galaxy clustering at early times in our Universe. This clear and authoritative volume is written at a level suitable for graduate students, and will be of key interest to astronomers, cosmologists, physicists and applied statisticians.
Author : L. Pietronero
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0444598413
Fractals in Physics
Author : Scott Dodelson
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0122191412
An advanced text for senior undergraduates, graduate students and physical scientists in fields outside cosmology. This is a self-contained book focusing on the linear theory of the evolution of density perturbations in the universe, and the anisotropiesin the cosmic microwave background.
Author : Jean-René Roy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1108417019
A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers' understanding of galaxies through time.
Author : Houjun Mo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 841 pages
File Size : 44,13 MB
Release : 2010-05-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521857937
A coherent introduction for researchers in astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology on the formation and evolution of galaxies.
Author : Ignacio Ferreras
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 17,91 MB
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1911307614
Galaxies, along with their underlying dark matter halos, constitute the building blocks of structure in the Universe. Of all fundamental forces, gravity is the dominant one that drives the evolution of structures from small density seeds at early times to the galaxies we see today. The interactions among myriads of stars, or dark matter particles, in a gravitating structure produce a system with fascinating connotations to thermodynamics, with some analogies and some fundamental differences. Ignacio Ferreras presents a concise introduction to extragalactic astrophysics, with emphasis on stellar dynamics, and the growth of density fluctuations in an expanding Universe. Additional chapters are devoted to smaller systems (stellar clusters) and larger ones (galaxy clusters). Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution is written for advanced undergraduates and beginning postgraduate students, providing a useful tool to get up to speed in a starting research career. Some of the derivations for the most important results are presented in detail to enable students appreciate the beauty of maths as a tool to understand the workings of galaxies. Each chapter includes a set of problems to help the student advance with the material.
Author : Vicent J. Martinez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 2009-07-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540447679
The amount of cosmological data has dramatically increased in the past decades due to an unprecedented development of telescopes, detectors and satellites. Efficiently handling and analysing new data of the order of terabytes per day requires not only computer power to be processed but also the development of sophisticated algorithms and pipelines. Aiming at students and researchers the lecture notes in this volume explain in pedagogical manner the best techniques used to extract information from cosmological data, as well as reliable methods that should help us improve our view of the universe.
Author : Eric D. Feigelson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 24,88 MB
Release : 2006-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387215298
Digital sky surveys, high-precision astrometry from satellite data, deep-space data from orbiting telescopes, and the like have all increased the quantity and quality of astronomical data by orders of magnitude per year for several years. Making sense of this wealth of data requires sophisticated statistical techniques. Fortunately, statistical methodologies have similarly made great strides in recent years. Powerful synergies thus emerge when astronomers and statisticians join in examining astrostatistical problems and approaches. The book begins with an historical overview and tutorial articles on basic cosmology for statisticians and the principles of Bayesian analysis for astronomers. As in earlier volumes in this series, research contributions discussing topics in one field are joined with commentary from scholars in the other. Thus, for example, an overview of Bayesian methods for Poissonian data is joined by discussions of planning astronomical observations with optimal efficiency and nested models to deal with instrumental effects. The principal theme for the volume is the statistical methods needed to model fundamental characteristics of the early universe on its largest scales.
Author : Halton C. Arp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 1988-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521363143
Contests the 'establishment' view of quasars as the most distant objects in the universe.
