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The Distribution of the Galaxies: Gravitational Clustering in Cosmology

The Distribution of the Galaxies: Gravitational Clustering in Cosmology

Saslaw, William C.

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Astronomy & SpacePhysics

ISBN10: 0521394260
ISBN13: 9780521394260
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Oct 28 1999
Pages: 522
Weight: 2.30
Height: 1.40 Width: 7.14 Depth: 10.05
Language: English
Contemporary astronomers continue to search for ways to understand the irregular distribution of galaxies in our Universe. This volume describes gravitational theory, computer simulations and observations related to galaxy distribution functions, which is a general method for measuring the distribution of galaxies and their motions. Coverage embeds distribution functions in a broader astronomical context, and includes other contemporary topics such as correlation functions, fractals, bound clusters, topology, percolation and minimal spanning trees. Throughout, theory, computer simulation and observation are carefully interwoven and critically compared, and key results are derived and the necessary gravitational physics provided. The book also shows how future observations can test the theoretical models for the evolution of galaxy clustering at early times in our Universe. This clear and authoritative volume is written at a level suitable for graduate students, and will be of key interest to astronomers, cosmologists, physicists and applied statisticians.

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