The Extragalactic Distance Scale (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series, Series Number 10) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521591643 ISBN 13: 9780521591645

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

One of the hottest debates in astronomy and cosmology today concerns the value of the Hubble constant. This constant is of paramount importance since it fixes the size and age of the Universe. At a symposium at the Space Telescope Science Institute, experts from around the world presented the latest results from a plethora of techniques for determining the Hubble constant. The value has always been controversial, but at this meeting experts' results agreed for the first time to within about 20%. Based on the meeting, this book presents twenty-three specially written review articles. They provide a comprehensive account of the Hubble-constant debate with the latest results from gravitational lensing, supernovae and novae, the Tully-Fisher relation, the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, globular clusters, planetary nebulae, light echoes, and the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project. This timely volume provides a standard reference for graduate students and researchers in astronomy and cosmology.

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Review

'This well-produced book ... contains an important mid-term summary report on the Hubble Space Telescope Project on the EDS from Freedman, Madore and Kennicutt, and is essential research library literature.' Irish Astronomical Journal

' ... highly recommended.' Paul O'Brien The Observatory

'[covers] every aspect of this fascinating topic. The succession of 23 review articles expertly summarise the efforts of modern astronomy to measure the Hubble constant.' Astronomy Now

Book Description

One of the hottest debates in astronomy today concerns the value of the Hubble constant which fixes the size and age of the Universe. Based on a meeting at the Space Telescope Science Institute, this book presents the latest results from a plethora of techniques for determining the Hubble constant. This timely volume provides a standard reference for graduate students and researchers in astronomy and cosmology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521591643
• ISBN 13: 9780521591645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 337
• Editor: Livio Mario, Donahue Megan, Panagia Nino