Wolfgang Priester: from the big bounce to the Lambda-dominated universe

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2006-08-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608644v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 7 figures, optimized for A4 paper. Partly biographical, partly historical review of subjects to which Priester contr

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10.1007/s00114-006-0187-x

Wolfgang Priester was one of Germany's most versatile and quixotic astrophysicists, re-inventing himself successively as a radio astronomer, space physicist and cosmologist, and making a lasting impact on each field. We focus in this personal account on his contributions to cosmology, where he will be most remembered for his association with quasars, his promotion of the idea of a nonsingular "big bounce" at the beginning of the current expansionary phase, and his recognition of the importance of dark energy (Einstein's cosmological constant Lambda) well before this became the standard paradigm in cosmology.

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