Galaxy evolution and cosmology studies using luminous red galaxies

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD === There have been a number of attempts to measure the expansion rate of the Universe using age-dating of Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs). Assuming that stars in LRGs form at the same time, age-dating of two populations of LRGs at different redshifts can provide an estimate o...

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Main Author: Ratsimbazafy, Ando
Other Authors: Cress, Catherine
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4532