High-Redshift Galaxies: Light from the Early Universe

by Immo Appenzeller

Book Overview

The high-redshift galaxies became a distinct research ?eld during the ?nal decade of the20thcentury. AtthattimetheLyman-breaktechniquemadeitpossibletoidentify signi?cant samples of such objects, and the new generation of 8 to 10-m telescopes resulted in ?rst good spectroscopic data. Today the high-redshift galaxies have developed into one of the important topics of astrophysics, accounting for about 5-10% of the publications in the major scienti?c...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662518104
• ISBN13: 9783662518106
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"