How far can you go ?
A critical review of the distance scale of the universe
Workshop organized by the
Observatoire de Strasbourg
Table of Contents
Preface
The Distance Scale Determinations: General Context
Barry Madore
Hipparcos results
Catherine Turon and Michael A.C. Perryman :
Distance and Age Determinations with Hipparcos
Period/luminosity relation for Cepheids
Nial Tanvir :
A Review of PL Relations for Cepheids
Barry Madore :
Tests of the Zero Point of the Cepheid Distance Scale and the Metallicity Sensitivity of the Cepheid PL Relation
HST Key Project
Wendy Freedman:
The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale
Tully-Fisher relation
Gilles Theureau :
Tully-Fisher and field galaxies
Martin Federspiel :
The Tully-Fisher Distance of the Virgo Cluster and the Value of H_0
Other distance scale indicators
Georges Paturel :
A Review of Distance Indicator Difficulties
Martin Hendry :
Measuring H
0
from galaxy diameters
Supernovae
Bruno Leibundgut :
Type I Supernovae as Distance Indicators
Lukas Labhardt
et al.
:
The HST calibration of SNe Ia luminosities and the large scale value of H
0
Lensing determinations
Sjur Refsdal :
Determination of H
0
with gravitational lenses
Paul Schechter :
Distance Estimates From Time Delay Measurements Of Multiply Imaged, Gravitationally Lensed QSOS: Observational Perspective
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich
Mark Birkinshaw :
The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and the Cluster Hubble Diagram
Richard Saunders :
H_0 from S-Z and X-rays: Ryle Telescope and ROSAT/GINGA/ASCA
Cosmic Microwave Background
Alain Blanchard and Marian Douspis :
Theoretical speculations on the Hubble constant and implications of the CMB observations
H0 and the Age of the Universe
James Bartlett :
The Age of the Universe
General discussion
Summarized by Richard Saunders
How Far Can You Go ?
Proceedings of a workshop organized by the
Observatoire de Strasbourg
La Petite Pierre (Northern Vosges), 25-27 June 1997