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Marat Gilfanov, Rashid Sunyaev, Eugene Churazov (Eds.) Lighthouses of the Universe: The Most Luminous Celestial Objects and Their Use for Cosmology Proceedings of the MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference, Held in Garching, Germany, 6-10 August 2001 Series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia
The book reviews the present status of understanding the nature of the most luminous objects in the Universe, connected with supermassive black holes and supermassive stars, clusters of galaxies and ultraluminous galaxies, sources of gamma-ray bursts and relativistic jets. Leading 2002, XIV, 618 p. experts give overviews of essential physical mechanisms involved, discuss formation and evolution of these objects as well as prospects for their use in cosmology, as probes of the Printed book intergalactic medium at high redshifts and as a tool to study the end of dark ages. The Hardcover theoretical models are complemented by new exciting results from orbital and ground-based 89,95 € | £71.00 | $117.00 observatories such as Chandra, XMM-Newton, HST, SDSS, VLT, Keck, and many others. [1]96,25 € (D) | 98,95 € (A) | CHF 129,13 Softcover 89,95 € | £71.00 | $117.00 [1]96,25 € (D) | 98,95 € (A) | CHF 149,65 eBook 76,99 € | £55.99 | $89.00 [2]76,99 € (D) | 76,99 € (A) | CHF 103,00 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy
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