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Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction

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Subject Index<br />

456<br />

gravitational instability 278–282<br />

gravitational lenses 65, 121–131<br />

– clusters of galaxies as lenses<br />

260–269, 368<br />

– cosmic shear 329–330<br />

– critical surface mass density 122,<br />

128<br />

– Einstein radius 124, 126, 261<br />

– Einstein ring 67, 125, 126, 128<br />

– galaxies as lenses 121–131<br />

– Hubble constant 130, 254<br />

– luminous arcs 260–264, 356<br />

– magnification 67–69, 123, 367–369<br />

– mass determination 126, 128, 130<br />

– microlensing effect 64–77<br />

– multiple images 65, 66, 123,<br />

125–129, 261, 368<br />

– point-mass lenses 123<br />

– search for clusters of galaxies 269<br />

– shear 265<br />

– substructure 304–306<br />

– weak lensing effect 102, 264–269,<br />

329–330, 338<br />

gravitational redshift 337<br />

gravitational waves 307, 400<br />

Great Attractor 320<br />

Great Debate 87<br />

Great Wall 277, 311<br />

Green Bank Telescope 20<br />

groups of galaxies 14<br />

growth factor D + 292, 322<br />

Gunn–Peterson test 382<br />

H<br />

Harrison–Zeldovich fluctuation<br />

spectrum 285, 307, 339, 344<br />

HEAO-1 31<br />

heliocentric velocity 38<br />

helium abundance 142, 164–165<br />

Herschel satellite 380, 410<br />

Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (HRD)<br />

133<br />

Hickson compact groups 237<br />

hierarchical structure formation 293,<br />

303, 374, 391–392<br />

high-velocity cloud (HVC) 56, 227<br />

HII region 51<br />

HIPPARCOS 37, 38, 426<br />

Holmberg effect 225, 397<br />

horizon 170–171, 287<br />

horizon length 171, 339<br />

horizon problem 171, 173, 307<br />

hot dark matter (HDM) 286<br />

Hubble classification of galaxies<br />

88–89, 366, 390<br />

Hubble constant H 0 9, 114, 116, 117,<br />

154, 344, 352<br />

– scaled Hubble constant h 10<br />

Hubble Deep Field(s) 26, 364–367<br />

Hubble diagram 9, 158, 325, 326, 328<br />

Hubble Key Project 116<br />

Hubble law 8, 9, 114, 146, 156, 325<br />

Hubble radius 145<br />

Hubble sequence see galaxies<br />

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 25,<br />

26, 110, 212, 261, 362, 409<br />

Hubble time 144<br />

hypernovae 405<br />

hypervelocity stars 84<br />

I<br />

inflation 173–174, 412, 307–412<br />

initial mass function (IMF) 132, 387<br />

Integral satellite 33<br />

integrated Sachs–Wolfe effect (ISW)<br />

338–340, 349<br />

interactions of galaxies 218<br />

interferometry 21<br />

intergalactic medium 331–332, 334,<br />

357, 382, 385<br />

ionization parameter 205<br />

IRAS 23, 311, 321, 342, 370, 374<br />

irregular galaxies see galaxies<br />

ISO 24, 370, 374, 380<br />

isochrones 133<br />

isophote 88<br />

isothermal sphere 123, 232–233, 247,<br />

261<br />

IUE 30<br />

J<br />

James Clerk Maxwell Telescope<br />

(JCMT) 22<br />

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)<br />

409<br />

Jeans mass 383–384<br />

jets 178, 190, 191, 196, 211–215, 251<br />

K<br />

K-correction 375<br />

Keck telescope 2, 25, 27, 357, 407<br />

King models 233, 247<br />

Kirchhoff’s law 418<br />

Kormendy relation 92<br />

L<br />

large-scale structure of the Universe<br />

307, 309<br />

– galaxy distribution 309–321, 344<br />

– numerical simulations 293–297<br />

– power spectrum 284–289, 291,<br />

307, 313–318, 330, 335, 338<br />

Las Campanas Redshift Survey<br />

(LCRS) 311<br />

last-scattering surface 168<br />

late-type galaxies 88<br />

light cone 142<br />

light pollution 18<br />

Limber equation 318<br />

line transitions: allowed, forbidden,<br />

semi-forbidden 201<br />

linearly extrapolated density<br />

fluctuation field 281<br />

linearly extrapolated power spectrum<br />

286<br />

LISA 400, 411<br />

Local Group 14, 223–228<br />

– galaxy content 224–225<br />

– mass estimate 225–227<br />

local st<strong>and</strong>ard of rest (LSR) 57<br />

LOFAR 410<br />

Lorentz factor 190<br />

luminosity<br />

– bolometric 423<br />

– in a filter b<strong>and</strong> 423<br />

luminosity classes 425–426<br />

luminosity distance 157, 158, 325,<br />

327<br />

luminosity function 117<br />

– of galaxies 117–119, 230, 322,<br />

372, 394, 396<br />

– of quasars 216–219, 333<br />

luminous arcs see gravitational lenses<br />

Lyman-α blobs 378<br />

Lyman-α forest 219, 220, 351, 357,<br />

385, 386<br />

– as a tool for cosmology 335–336

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