Planets to cosmology : essential science in the final years of the Hubble Space Telescope : proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 3-6, 2004 /

This 2006 book acknowledges the importance of identifying the most crucial science to be performed by the superb Hubble Telescope. With this goal in mind, the book presents a review of some of the most important open questions in astronomy. World experts examine topics ranging from extrasolar planet...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.). Symposium, Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.)
Otros Autores: Livio, Mario, 1945-, Casertano, Stefano
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Colección:Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series ; 18.
Temas:
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Astronomy > Research > Congresses.
Space telescopes > Research > Congresses.
Astronomie > Recherche > Congrès.
Télescopes spatiaux > Recherche > Congrès.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Astronomy > Research.
Hubble Space Telescope
Planets
Cosmology
Conference papers and proceedings.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Hubble's view of transiting planets / D. Charbonneau
  • Unsolved problems in star formation / C.J. Clarke
  • Star formation in clusters S.S. Larson
  • HST abundance studies of low metallicity stars / J.W. Truran, C. Sneden, F. Primas, J.J. Cowan, and T. Beers
  • Physical environments and feedback: HST studies of intense star-forming environments / J.S. Gallagher, L.J. Smith, and R.W. O'Connell
  • Quasar hosts: growing up with monstrous middles / K.K. McLeod
  • Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei / B.M. Peterson and K. Horne
  • Feedback at high redshift / A.E. Shapley
  • The baryon content of the local intergalactic medium / J.T. Stocke, J.M. Shull, and S.V. Penton
  • Hot baryons in supercluster filaments / E.D. Miller, R.A. Dupke, and J.N. Bregman
  • Galaxy assembly / E.F. Bell
  • Probing the reionization history of the Universe / Z. Haiman
  • Studying distant infrared-luminous galaxies with Spitzer and Hubble / C. Papovich, E. Egami, E. Le Floc'h, P. Pe;rez-González, G. Rieke, J. Rigby, H. Dole, and M. Reike
  • Galaxies at z = g-i'-drop selection and the GLARE Project / E.R. Stanway, K. Glazebrook, A.J. Bunker, and the GLARE Consortium
  • The Hubble Ultra Deep Field with NIMCOS / R.I. Thompson, R.J. Bouwens, and G. Illingworth.

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