Cosmic Flows 1999
Author | : Stéphane Courteau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015050156697 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Annotation Sixty-Nine papers and panel discussion summaries from the eponymously named July 1999 conference explore such topics in the field of astrophysics as the convergence depth of the local peculiar velocity field, project description of the Nearby Early-type Galaxies Survey (ENEAR), peculiar velocities from type Ia supernovae, calibration of the Tully-Fisher relations and the value of the Hubble constant, x- ray clusters and the search for cosmic flows, Eigenmode analysis of radial velocities, and generalizing the inverse redshift-space operator. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)