Planets to Cosmology: Essential Science in the Final Years of the Hubble Space Telescope: Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland May 3–6, 2004

by Edited by Mario Livio , Stefano Casertano

• ISBN13: 9780521847582
• ISBN10: 0521847583
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-24
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

With the Hubble Space Telepscope’s next servicing mission still uncertain, identifying the most crucial science to be performed by this superb telescope has become of paramount importance. With this goal in mind, this book presents a review of some of the most important open questions in astronomy today. World experts examine topics ranging from extrasolar planets and star formation to supermassive black holes and the reionization of the universe. Special emphasis is placed on what astronomical observations should be carried out during the next few years to enable breakthroughs in our understanding of a complex and dynamic universe. In particular, the reviewers attempt to identify those topics to which the Hubble Space Telescope can uniquely contribute. The special emphasis on future research makes this book an essential resource for both professional researchers and graduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.

Table of Contents

Participants	vii
Preface	xi
Hubble's view of transiting planets	1	(12)
D. Charbonneau
Unsolved problems in star formation	13	(22)
C. J. Clarke
Star formation in clusters	35	(22)
S. S. Larsen
HST abundance studies of low metallicity stars	57	(6)
J. W. Truran
C. Sneden
F. Primas
J. J. Cowan
T. Beers
Physical conditions and feedback: HST studies of intense star-forming environments	63	(10)
J. S. Gallagher
L. J. Smith
R. W. O'Connell
Quasar hosts: Growing up with monstrous middles	73	(16)
K. K. McLeod
Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei	89	(10)
B. M. Peterson
K. Horne
Feedback at high redshift	99	(12)
A. E. Shapley
The baryon content of the local intergalactic medium	111	(19)
J. T. Stocke
J. M. Shull
S. V. Penton
Hot baryons in supercluster filaments	130	(7)
E. D. Miller
R. A. Dupke
J. N. Bregman
Galaxy assembly	137	(20)
E. F. Bell
Probing the reionization history of the Universe	157	(17)
Z. Haiman
Studying distant infrared-luminous galaxies with Spitzer and Hubble	174	(11)
C. Papovich
E. Egami
E. Le Floc'h
P. Perez-Gonzalez
G. Rieke
J. Rigby
H. Dole
M. Rieke
Galaxies at z ~~ 6 i'-drop selection and the GLARE Project	185	(10)
E. R. Stanway
K. Glazebrook
A. J. Bunker
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field with NICMOS	195
R. I. Thompson
R. J. Bouwens
G. Illingworth