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Title

Extragalactic background radiation : a meeting in honor of Riccardo Giacconi : proceedings of the Extragalactic Background Radiation Meeting, Baltimore, 1993 May 18-20 / edited by Daniela Calzetti, Mario Livio, Piero Madau.

Author

Extragalactic Background Radiation Meeting (1993 : Baltimore, Md.)

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Giacconi, Riccardo.
• Calzetti, Daniela.
• Livio, Mario, 1945-
• Madau, Piero.
• Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.)

Description

ix, 293 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

• 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 dedicated 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 they provide a unique reference for graduates and professionals in astronomy, cosmology and physics.

Series Statement

Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series ; 7

Uniform Title

Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series ; 7.

Subjects

• Giacconi, Riccardo
• Cosmic background radiation > Congresses
• Galaxies > Congresses

Note

• "Published for the Space Telescope Science Institute."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Introduction / P. J. E. Peebles -- Ch. 2. Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background / N. Gehrels and C. Cheung -- Ch. 3. The X-Ray Background (Observations) / G. Zamorani -- Ch. 4. Extragalactic Ultraviolet Background Radiation / R. C. Henry and J. Murthy -- Ch. 5. Ultraviolet Background (Theory) / P. Jakobsen -- Ch. 6. The Optical Extragalactic Background Radiation / J. A. Tyson -- Ch. 7. Infrared Background (Observations) / M. G. Hauser -- Ch. 8. The Infrared Background (Theory) / C. J. Lonsdale -- Ch. 9. Microwave Background Radiation (Observations) / J. C. Mather -- Ch. 10. Detection of Degree Scale Anisotropy / P. M. Lubin -- Ch. 11. Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies and Structure Formation in the Universe / N. Vittorio -- Ch. 12. The Radio Background Emission - The Long and Short of It / M. S. Longair -- Ch. 13. The Radio Background: Radio-Loud Galaxies at High and Low Redshifts / J. A. Peacock -- Ch. 14. Conference Summary / M. J. Rees.
• The Largest Structures: Limits From the Radio-Source Background / C. R. Benn and J. V. Wall -- Biasses in the Estimation of the UV Background Strength / B. Espey -- The Case for an Extragalactic Origin for the High Galactic Latitude Diffuse Ultraviolet Background / R. C. Henry and J. Murthy -- On the Absorption of UV Radiation in Ly[alpha] Clouds / V. Khersonsky and D. Turnshek -- On the Contribution of Star Forming Galaxies to the UV Background Radiation / V. Khersonsky and D. Turnshek -- Hitchhiker, Dwarfs and the EBL / I. Morgan and S. P. Driver -- Antiproton Lifetime Limit from Observation of Nucleon Decay in Clusters of Galaxies / D. J. O'Connor -- Secondary Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background / R. B. Partridge.

ISBN

052149558X (hardback)

LCCN

94041490

OCLC

• 31435175
• ocm31435175

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries