Type Ia Supernovae: Theory and Cosmology (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521780365 ISBN 13: 9780521780360

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Observations of distant supernovae have provided startling evidence that the expansion of the Universe may be accelerating, rather than decelerating. If this result is verified by future studies, it has profound implications for cosmology. The reliability of this finding and its implications for both the study of supernovae and cosmology are the subject of this exciting volume. Based on a conference at the University of Chicago, this timely volume, originally published in 2000, presents articles by leading experts on the theory of Type Ia supernovae, observational astronomy, and cosmology. It examines the observational data, the nature of the likely progenitor binary systems, the outburst mechanisms of Type Ia supernovae events, and the cosmological implications. This is a unique and wide-ranging review of one of the most dramatic and controversial results in astronomy in recent decades. It makes fascinating reading for all researchers and graduate students.

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Review of the hardback: 'This is a unique and wide-ranging review of one of the most dramatic and controversial results in astronomy in recent decades. It makes fascinating reading for all researchers and graduate students.' Europe and Astronomy

Book Description:

A unique and wide-ranging review of one of the most dramatic results in astronomy in recent decades - observations of distant supernovae which indicate that the expansion of the Universe may be accelerating. This book examines the reliability of this finding and its implications for the study of supernovae and cosmology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521780365
• ISBN 13: 9780521780360
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 146
• Editor: Niemeyer J. C., Truran J. W.