Planets to Cosmology

Essential Science in the Final Years of the Hubble Space Telescope

Mario Livio, Stefano Casertano - Collection Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series

202 pages, parution le 04/04/2006

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With the Hubble Space Telepscope's next servicing mission still uncertain, identifying the most crucial science to be performed by this superb telescope has become of paramount importance. With this goal in mind, this book presents a review of some of the most important open questions in astronomy today. World experts examine topics ranging from extrasolar planets and star formation to supermassive black holes and the reionization of the universe. Special emphasis is placed on what astronomical observations should be carried out during the next few years to enable breakthroughs in our understanding of a complex and dynamic universe. In particular, the reviewers attempt to identify those topics to which the Hubble Space Telescope can uniquely contribute. The special emphasis on future research makes this book an essential resource for both professional researchers and graduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.

World experts review some of the most important open questions in astronomy today
Attempts to identify topics to which the HST could contribute in the next few years

L'auteur - Mario Livio

Mario Livio, astrophysicien de renommée internationale, a travaillé pendant vingt-quatre ans auprès du télescope spatial Hubble. Il est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages de vulgarisation à succès.

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Participants
Preface
Hubble's view of transiting planets
Unsolved problems in star formation
Star formation in clusters
HST abundance studies of low metallicity stars
Physical environments and feedback: HST studies of intense star-forming environments
Quasar hosts: growing up with monstrous middles
Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei
Feedback at high redshift
The baryon content of the local intergalactic medium
Hot baryons in supercluster filaments
Galaxy assembly
Probing the reionization history of the Universe
Studying distant infrared-luminous galaxies with Spitzer and Hubble
Galaxies at z = g-i'-drop selection and the GLARE Project
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field with NIMCOS

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Mario Livio, Stefano Casertano
Collection	Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series
Parution	04/04/2006
Nb. de pages	202
Format	18 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	528g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521847582
ISBN13	978-0-521-84758-2