The Hubble Deep FieldThe Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is the deepest optical image of the Universe ever obtained. It is the result of a 150-orbit observing programme with the Hubble Space Telescope. It provides a unique resource for researchers studying the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies. This timely volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the HDF and its scientific impact on our understanding in cosmology. It presents articles by a host of world experts who gathered together at an international conference at the Space Telescope Science Institute. The contributions combine observations of the HDF at a variety of wavelengths with the latest theoretical progress in our understanding of the cosmic history of star and galaxy formation. The HDF is set to revolutionize our understanding in cosmology. This book therefore provides an indispensable reference for all graduate students and researchers in observational or theoretical cosmology. |
Contents
Historical overview | 1 |
Introduction and motivation | 27 |
Kinematics of distant galaxies | 39 |
Redshift clustering in the Hubble Deep Field | 52 |
Radio observations of the Hubble Deep Field | 60 |
The ISO survey of the Hubble Deep Field | 68 |
Galaxy counts vs type for 19mB 29m and galaxy formation from subgalactic | 81 |
Large groundbased redshift surveys in the context of the | 107 |
Global evolution of the stellar and interstellar contents of galaxies | 163 |
Selection effects and robust measures of galaxy evolution | 181 |
Disk galaxy evolution | 194 |
The evolution of luminous matter in the universe | 200 |
Colorselected high redshift galaxies and the | 219 |
Gravitational lensing in the Hubble Deep Field | 245 |
Educational uses of the Hubble Deep Field | 272 |
Beyond the Hubble Deep Field | 290 |
The properties of Lymanbreak galaxies at redshift | 121 |
Photometric redshifts of galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field | 143 |
Common terms and phrases
2.4 candidates absorption apparent magnitude baryonic blue break galaxies catalog clustering color comoving cooling cosmic cosmic variance cosmology counts Cowie detected disk dust effects ellipticals emission line estimate evolution faint galaxies fainter Figure filter flux fraction galactic galaxy formation galaxy population GIAVALISCO ground-based halo white dwarfs HDF galaxies Hubble Deep Field Hubble's images infrared Keck Keck telescope Lilly limit luminosity density luminosity function Lyman break Lyman-break galaxies Madau magnitudes mass measured MNRAS morphologies NGST objects observed optical parameters photometric redshifts pixels predicted radio galaxies radio sources redshift distribution redshift surveys rest-frame sample Sandage scale selection shows simulations Space Telescope Science spectral templates spectroscopic redshifts spectrum spiral star formation rate starburst Steidel stellar population surface brightness technique Telescope Science Institute universe velocity wavelengths WDLF WFPC2 white dwarf white dwarf stars WINDHORST
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