Extragalactic Background Radiation
Extragalactic Background Radiation
Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Piero Madau, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Out of Print
What does the extragalactic background radiation, from gamma-rays through to radio waves, tell us about the formation and evolution of structure in the Universe? A workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute was held to address just this question: it provided a unique opportunity for observational astronomers and theorists to share their expertise, and to help synthesise a new understanding. Fourteen invited reviews from internationally renowned experts are presented here as an edited and coherent overview. Chapters are dedicated to the gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, infrared, microwave and radio backgrounds, as well as to the detection of anisotropies and the theory of structure formation. Together these reviews provide a unique, multi-wavelength overview of the extragalactic background radiation and how it relates to structure in the Universe. They summarise our present knowledge, highlight outstanding problems and provide focus for future work. In this way these reviews provide a unique reference for graduates and professionals in astronomy, cosmology and physics.
- A unique collection and synthesis of observational work right across the electromagnetic spectrum, as well as of the latest theory
- Fourteen edited review articles by international experts
- A unique summary of present knowledge - highlighting outstanding problems and providing focus for future research
Product details
January 1995Hardback
9780521495585
307 pages
255 × 179 × 21 mm
0.785kg
10 b/w illus. 13 tables
Unavailable - out of print April 2013
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- List of participants
- 1. Introduction P. J. E. Peebles
- 2. Extragalactic gamma-ray background N. Gehrels and C. Cheung
- 3. The X-ray background (observations) G. Zamorani
- 4. Extragalactic ultraviolet background radiation R. C. Henry and J. Murthy
- 5. Ultraviolet background (theory) P. Jakobsen
- 6. The optical extragalactic background radiation J. A. Tyson
- 7. Infrared background (observations) M. G. Hauser
- 8. The infrared background (theory) C. J. Lonsdale
- 9. Microwave background radiation (observations) J. C. Mather
- 10. Detection of degree scale anisotropy P. M. Lubin
- 11. Cosmic microwave background anisotropies and structure formation in the universe N. Vittorio
- The radio background emission - the long and short of it M. S. Longair
- 13. The radio background: radio-loud galaxies at high and low redshifts J. A. Peacock
- 14. Conference summary M. J. Rees.
