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Author:   J. Audouze ,  Marie-Christine Pelletan ,  Alex Szalay
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Volume:   130
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   2.000kg
ISBN:  

9789027727442

ISBN 10:   9027727449
Pages:   622
Publication Date:   31 July 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Opening Address.- Recent Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Radiation.- The Anisotropy in the Distribution of Extragalactic Infrared Sources and Background.- The Izana Cosmic Microwave Background Fluctuations Experiment: A Progress Report.- The Anisotropy of the Microwave Background: Space Experiment Relict.- Summary of the USSR Ground Based Observations of the 3 K Anisotropy.- An Upper Limit to the Intrinsic Anisotropy of the Microwave Background Radiation on a Scale of 7 Arc Minutes.- Anisotropy of the Microwave Background and Biased Galaxy Formation.- Inflation and the Large Scale Structure of the Universe.- Some Critical Remarks on the Inflationary Universe Concept.- Evolution of Inhomogeneities in the Inflationary Universe — No Hair Theorem or Multi-Production of Universes?.- Cosmic Structures Formation in the Multicomponent Universe: New Tests.- Quantitative Predictions of CMB Anisotropies and Distortions.- The Cfa Red Shift Survey.- Results of the Pisces-Perseus HI Redshift Survey.- The Large Scale Distribution of Galaxies in the Southern Hemisphere.- The Edinburgh-Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue.- Possible Inhomogeneities in the Universe on Scales 100–300 Mpc from Observations with the 6-Meter Telescope.- A Cut Of Large-Scale Structure Across the Coma Supercluster.- The APM Galaxy Survey.- A Fit of the Angular 3-Point Function and Biased Galaxy Formation.- Constraints on the Biasing of Density Fluctuations.- Elliptical Galaxies and Large Scale Velocity Flows.- Spiral Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies and the Large-Scale Velocity Field within 3500 Km/s of the Local Group.- Coherent Large Scale Motions from a New Sample of Spiral Galaxies.- Large Peculiar Velocities in the Hydra Centaurus Supercluster.- A Redshift Survey of Iras Galaxies.- The High Energy X-RayBackground and Limits on Large Scale Structure.- A VLA Search for Cosmological HI.- A WSRT Search for HI at Z=3.35.- Galaxies, Clusters and Fluctuations.- Observations of Faint Field Galaxies.- Superclustering and Motion of Galaxy Clusters.- The Orientation of Galaxies in Superclusters.- The Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex.- Superclustering: Theory versus Observations.- Two Questions about the Large Scale Distribution of Galaxies.- N-Body Simulations of Galaxy Formation.- Theories of Largescale Structure.- Cosmic Strings and Galaxy Formation.- Is Cosmic String Domination of the Universe Avoidable?.- Large Scale Structure of the Universe in Unstable Dark Matter Models.- Formation of Disk Galaxies.- Observational Evidence for Spectral Evolution of Cluster Galaxies.- Explosive Origins of Large-Scale Structures.- Galaxy Formation and Evolution.- Quasar Absorption Lines: Evolution and Clustering.- Galaxies Giving Rise to MgII Absorption Systems in Quasar Spectra.- Quasar Clustering and the Evolution of Structure.- Observation of Galaxy and QSO Clustering.- The Distribution of Faint Radio Sources at 6cm.- Discussion Session: Galaxy Formation and Quasi Stellar Objects.- Dynamical Evidence for Dark Matter in Individual Disk Galaxies.- Dark Matter in Single and Double Galaxies.- Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies.- Dissipation and Formation of Galactic Halos.- Galaxy Formation and Large Scale Structures in a Two-Component Dark Matter Scenario.- Dark Matter and Cooling Flows.- Biased Galaxy Formation and Dark Matter.- Gravitational Lenses.- Is the Giant Luminous Arc in A370 a Gravitational Lensing Effect?.- Giant Luminous Arcs in Clusters of Galaxies.- Cosmological Implications of the Fifth Force.- Discussion Panel.- Summary.- Appendix 1 Poster Papers.- Appendix 2 The BalatonfüredAlphabet of Cosmology.- Index of Authors.- Index of Subjects.

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