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Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction
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