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How did the first stars and galaxies form? /
Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe. We are entering a new and exciting era of discovery that will ad...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Princeton frontiers in physics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Prologue: The Big Picture; 2 Standard Cosmological Model; 3 The First Gas Clouds; 4 The First Stars and Black Holes; 5 The Reionization of Cosmic Hydrogen by the First Galaxies; 6 Observing the First Galaxies; 7 Imaging the Diffuse Fog of Cosmic Hydrogen; 8 Epilogue: From Our Galaxy's Past to Its Future; Appendix: Useful Numbers; Notes; Recommended Further Reading; Glossary; Index.