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Summary
The twentieth century witnessed some remarkable discoveries: the 1917 publication of Einstein's general theory of relativity, Carnegie astronomer Edwin Hubble's 1929 discovery of the expansion of the universe, evidence for the existence of dark matter, and the discovery of a mysterious dark energy, which is causing the universe to speed up its expansion. This comprehensive volume reviews the theory and measurement of various parameters related to the evolution of the universe. Topics include inflation, string theory, the history of cosmology in the context of measurements being made of the Hubble constant, the matter density, and dark energy, including observational results from the Sloan, Digital Sky Survey, Keck, Magellan, cosmic microwave background experiments, Hubble space telescope and Chandra. With chapters by leading authorities in the field, this book is a valuable resource for graduate students and professional research astronomers.
Table of Contents
| 1 A brief history of cosmologyMalcolm S. Longair |
| 2 Edwin Hubble: a biographical retrospectiveGale E. Christianson |
| 3 InflationAlan H. Guth |
| 4 Update on string theoryJohn H. Schwarz |
| 5 Dark matter theoryJoseph Silk |
| 6 Status of cosmology on the occasion of the Carnegie CentennialWendy L. Freedman and Michael S. Turner |
| 7 The extragalactic distance scaleJoseph B. Jensen and John L. Tonry and John P. Blakeslee |
| 8 The Hubble constant from gravitational lens time delaysChristopher S. Kochanek and Paul L. Schechter |
| 9 Measuring the Hubble constant with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich EffectErik D. Reese |
| 10 How much is there of what? Measuring the mass density of the universeVirginia Trimble |
| 11 Big bang nucleosynthesis: probing the first 20 minutesGary Steigman |
| 12 Cosmological results from the 2dF galaxy redshift surveyMatthew Colless |
| 13 Large-scale structure in the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyMariangela Bernardi |
| 14 LIGO at the threshold of science operationsAlbert Lazzarini |
| 15 Why is the universe accelerating?Sean M. Carroll |
| 16 Cosmology and lifeMario Livio |
| 17 Evidence from type la supernova for an accelerating universe and dark energyAlexei V. Filippenko |
| 18 Theoretical overview of cosmic microwave background anisotropyEdward Wright |
| 19 The polarization of the cosmic microwave backgroundMatias Zaldarriaga |
| 20 The Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probeLyman A. Page |
| 21 Interference observations of the cosmic microwave background radiationAnthony C. S. Readhead and Timothy J. Pearson |
| 22 Conference summary: observational cosmologySandra M. Faber |
| 23 Measuring and modeling the universe: a theoretical perspectiveRoger D. Blandford |
