Local Group Cosmology

Informationen zum Autor David Martinez-Delgado is an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy! Heidelberg! Germany! and at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias! Spain. Klappentext Aimed at graduate students and young researchers, this volume presents observational techniques, tools, and models for studying Local Group galaxies. Zusammenfassung The Local Group galaxies provide the best laboratory in which to investigate galaxy formation processes. Ideal for graduate students and early career researchers! this volume provides modules from eminent and experienced scientists at the forefront of Local Group research! who present overviews of observational techniques! diagnostic tools! and theoretical models. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; List of participants; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The formation of the Milky Way in the CDM paradigm Ken Freeman; 2. Dark matter content and tidal effects in Local Group dwarf galaxies Steven R. Majewski; 3. Notes on the missing satellites problem James Bullock; 4. The Milky Way satellite galaxies Pavel Kroupa; 5. Stellar tidal streams Rodrigo Ibata; 6. Tutorial: the analysis of colour-magnitude diagrams David Valls-Gabaud; 7. Tutorial: modeling tidal streams using N-body simulations Jorge Peñarrubia.

Product details

• Authors: David Mart¿z-Delgado, David Mediavilla Martinez Delgado, David (Max-Planck-Institut Fur A Martinez-Delgado, David Martínez-Delgado
• Assisted by: David Mart Nez-Delgado (Editor), David Martinez Delgado (Editor), David Martinez-Delgado (Editor), David Martínez-Delgado (Editor), Evencio Mediavilla (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2013
• EAN: 9781107023802
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02380-2
• No. of pages: 246
• 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 > Miscellaneous