Stellar candles for the extragalactic distance scale /
This volume reviews the current status with respect to both theory and observation of the extragalactic distance scale. A sufficient accuracy is required both for a precise determination of the cosmological parameters and also in order to achieve a better understanding of physical processes in extra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[2003]
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| Series: | Lecture notes in physics ;
635. |
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Table of Contents:
- The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale: A Search for Three Number
- Calibration of the Distance Scale From Cepheids
- Currents Uncertainties in the Use of Cepheids as Distance Indicators
- The Cepheid Calibration of Type Ia Supernovae as Standard Candles
- RR Lyrae Distance Scale: Theory and Observations
- Globular Cluster Distances From RR Lyrae Stars
- Blue Supergiants as a Tool For Extragalactic Distance
- Theoretical Concepts
- Blue Supergiants as a Tool for Extragalactic Distances
- Empirical Diagnostics
- Supernovae as Cosmological Standard Candles
- Type Ia -Supernovae and Cosmology Models for Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology
- Novae as Distance Indicators
- Extragalactic Distances from Planetary Nebulae
- Distances to Local Group Galaxies
- The Globular Cluster Luminosity Function: New Progress in Understanding an Old Distance Indicator.