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From first light to reionization : the end of the Dark Ages /
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. T...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Weinheim :
Wiley-VCH,
©2009.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.