Published 1980 | Version v1
Book

The origin of the universe. Chapter 1

Creators

  • 1. Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

The observational and theoretical evidence in favour of the Big Bang origin, and the question whether an actually singular origin of the universe can be avoided, are discussed. Sections are headed: the world of galaxies (main facts about galaxies); the recession of the galaxies (red-shift, Hubble's law); the cosmic black body background (behaviour of the Universe in its hot early epochs, nuclear reactions, abundance of hydrogen, helium and deuterium). (U.K.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Clarendon Press.
Imprint Place
Oxford
ISBN
0 19 857549 1
Imprint Title
The state of the universe
Imprint Pagination
206 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 3-15.

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
11567421
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; GALAXIES; HUBBLE EFFECT; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; ORIGIN; RED SHIFT; SINGULARITY; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIATIONS