Statistics of the Galaxy Distribution

ISBN-13: 9781584880844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 450 str.

Vicent J. Martinez; Enn Saar; V. J. Martinez

Opis

In the last decade, statisticians have developed a set of new statisti cal tools and approaches for the field of spatial point processes. At the same time, observational efforts have provided a huge amount of ne w cosmological data to be analyzed. For the first time in book form an d within a single volume, this text presents the state-of-the-art in t he use of spatial statistics in cosmology. After reviewing the standar d model of the universe and our current knowledge of its structure, th e author focuses on extracting a detailed statistical description of t he distribution of galaxies and how this description relates to major cosmological questions.

Spis treści

The Clumpy Universe. The Standard Model of the Universe. Cosmological Point Processes. Fractal Properties of the Galaxy Distribution. Statistical and Geometrical Models. Formation of Structure. Random Fields in Cosmology. Fourier Analysis of Clustering. Cosmography. Structure Statistics. Appendices. References.

O autorze

Martinez, Vicent J.; Saar, Enn