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Stellar Candles for the Extragalactic Distance Scale - Alloin, Danielle (Editor), and Gieren, Wolfgang (Editor)
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This volume reviews the current status with respect to both theory and observation of the extragalactic distance scale. A sufficient accuracy is required both for a precise determination of the cosmological parameters and also in order to achieve a better understanding of physical processes in extragalactic systems. The "standard candles", used to set up the extragalactic distance scale, reviewed in this book include cepheid variables, RR Lyrae variables, novae, Type Ia and Type II supernovae as well as globular clusters ...

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Stellar Candles for the Extragalactic Distance Scale 2010, Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, Berlin

ISBN-13: 9783642057625

Paperback

Stellar Candles for the Extragalactic Distance Scale 2003, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

ISBN-13: 9783540201281

2003 edition

Hardcover