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11Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect — The Sunyaev Zel dovich effect (often abbreviated as the SZ effect) is the result of high energy electrons distorting the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) through inverse Compton scattering, in which some of the energy of the electrons… …
12Wolf effect — The Wolf Effect (sometimes Wolf shift ) is a frequency shift in the electromagnetic spectrum. [Emil Wolf, [http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/4331.html Selected Works of Emil Wolf: With Commentary] (2001)… …
13Stebbins-Whitford effect — The Stebbins Whitford effect refers to the excess reddening of the spectra of elliptic galaxies as shown by measurements published by Stebbins and Whitford In 1948. The spectra were shifted much more to the red than the Hubble redshift could… …
14Gibbons-Hawking effect — The Gibbons Hawking effect is the statement that a temperature can be associated to each solution of the Einstein field equations that contains a causal horizon. It is named after Gary Gibbons and Stephen William Hawking.The term causal horizon… …
15Debris disk — Hubble Space Telescope observation of the debris ring around Fomalhaut. The inner edge of the disk may have been shaped by the orbit of Fomalhaut b, at lower right. A debris disk is a circumstellar disk of dust and debris in orbit around a star.… …
16Redshift — This article is about the astronomical phenomenon. For other uses, see Redshift (disambiguation). Physical cosmology …
17cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
18Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
19galaxy — /gal euhk see/, n., pl. galaxies. 1. Astron. a. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. b. (usually cap.) See Milky Way. 2. any large and brilliant or impressive… …
20Metric expansion of space — Physical cosmology Universe · Big Bang …
