Dark sky, dark matter /
Overduin, J. M
Dark sky, dark matter / J M Overduin; Paul S Wesson. - First Edition. - 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Series in astronomy and astrophysics. .
The dark night sky -- The modern resolution and energy -- The modern resolution and spectra -- The dark matter -- The vacuum -- Axions -- Neutrinos -- Supersymmetric weakly interacting particles -- Black holes.
Answers the questions of 'why is the night sky dark' and 'just how dark is it' both qualitatively and quantitatively from the viewpoints of both history and modern cosmology. This title compares the observational data from telescopes with the cosmological theory based on general relativity and particle physics.
9780750306843
Dark matter (Astronomy)
Materia oscura (Astronomía)
523.1126
Dark sky, dark matter / J M Overduin; Paul S Wesson. - First Edition. - 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Series in astronomy and astrophysics. .
The dark night sky -- The modern resolution and energy -- The modern resolution and spectra -- The dark matter -- The vacuum -- Axions -- Neutrinos -- Supersymmetric weakly interacting particles -- Black holes.
Answers the questions of 'why is the night sky dark' and 'just how dark is it' both qualitatively and quantitatively from the viewpoints of both history and modern cosmology. This title compares the observational data from telescopes with the cosmological theory based on general relativity and particle physics.
9780750306843
Dark matter (Astronomy)
Materia oscura (Astronomía)
523.1126