| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814313865_0008 |
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| Author | Search for: Ferrarese, Laura1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council Canada. NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
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| Format | Text, Book Chapter |
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| Abstract | -Introduction -Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: Cepheid Variables --A brief historical overview --The theoretical perspective --The Leavitt law --An independent check --Hubble (the telescope) observes Cepheids -The Aborted Explosion of Stars: The Tip of the Red Giant Branch -Bumpy Galaxies: The Surface Brightness Fluctuation Method -The Orderly Nature of Early Type Galaxies: The Fundamental Plane -The (Not Quite As) Orderly Nature of Spiral Galaxies: The Tully–Fisher Relation -Stellar Explosions: Type Ia Supernovae -Further Reflections and Future Directions --Eighty years of Hubble constants --The age of the Universe --Room for improvement -References |
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| Publication date | 2011-08 |
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| Publisher | World Scientific |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| Record identifier | df34a7ee-d2b3-4b25-9c31-6dae87b043d6 |
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| Record created | 2019-03-07 |
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| Record modified | 2020-03-03 |
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