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Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics
Edited by John N. Bahcall & Jeremiah P. Ostriker

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Preface
1The Cosmological Parameters1
2In the Beginning25
3Understanding Data Better with Bayesian and Global Statistical Methods49
4Large-Scale Structure in the Universe61
5Unsolved Problems in Gravitational Lensing93
6What Can Be Learned from Numerical Simulations of Cosmology115
7The Centers of Elliptical Galaxies137
8The Morphological Evolution of Galaxies159
9Quasars181
10Solar Neutrinos: Solved and Unsolved Problems195
11Particle Dark Matter221
12Stars in the Milky Way and Other Galaxies241
13Searching for MACHOs with Microlensing253
14Globally Asymmetric Supernova269
15In and Around Neutron Stars281
16Accretion Flows Around Black Holes301
17The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays325
18Toward Understanding Gamma-Ray Bursts343

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