Introductory Remarks on The Extragalactic Infrared Background and its\n Cosmological Implications

2000/10/30 by P. J. E. Peebles, Peebles, P. J. E., Patrick Peebles
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0010617

8 pages; in IAU Conference 204, the Extragalactic Infrared Background and its Cosmological Implications, Manchester, August 2000, eds M. Harwit and M. G. Hauser

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Abstract

I review the assumptions and observations that motivate the concept of the\nextragalactic cosmic background radiation, and the issues of energy accounts\nand star formation history as a function of galaxy morphological type that\nfigure in the interpretation of the measurements of the extragalactic infrared\nbackground.\n

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