Secular Evolution of Galaxies

Informationen zum Autor Dr Jesus Falcon-Barroso is Head of the Research Group on 'Traces of Galaxy Formation' at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias! Tenerife. His main research areas include the development of stellar population models! unraveling the nature of bars and bulges! and the formation and evolution of dwarf elliptical galaxies. Dr Johan H. Knapen is Head of the Research Division at Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias! Tenerife! and a visiting professor at the University of Hertfordshire. He is an observational astronomer studying the structure! dynamics and evolution of spiral galaxies. Klappentext Graduate-level text on galaxy evolution! one of the most popular research topics in astrophysics! with chapters contributed by leading astronomers. Zusammenfassung Based on the twenty-third Winter School of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics! this volume presents reviews from nine world-renowned experts on the observational and theoretical research into secular processes! and what these processes can tell us about the structure and formation of galaxies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Secular evolution in disk galaxies John Kormendy; 2. Galaxy morphology Ronald J. Buta; 3. Dynamics of secular evolution James Binney; 4. Bars and secular evolution in disk galaxies: theoretical input E. Athanassoula; 5. Stellar populations Reynier F. Peletier; 6. Star formation rate indicators Daniela Calzetti; 7. The evolving interstellar medium Jacqueline van Gorkom; 8. Evolution of star formation and gas Nick Z. Scoville; 9. Cosmological evolution of galaxies Isaac Shlosman.

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• Authors: Jes¿s Falc¿n-Barroso, Jesus Falcon-Barroso, Jesus (Instituto De Astrofisica De Falcon-Barroso, Jesus Knapen Falcon-Barroso, Jesús Falcón-Barroso, Johan H. Knapen
• Assisted by: Jesus Falcon-Barroso (Editor), Jesus (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Falcon-Barroso (Editor), Jesús Falcón-Barroso (Editor), Johan H. Knapen (Editor), Johan H. (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Knapen (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2013
• EAN: 9781107035270
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03527-0
• No. of pages: 650
• Series: Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics; Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics; Canary Islands Winter School o
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy