Galaxies At High Redshift

Informationen zum Autor Ismael Perez-Fournon is a Lecturer in Astrophysics at the Departamento de Astrofisica! at the Universidad de La Laguna! Tenerife. Marc Balcells is a research scientist at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. Fernando Moreno-Insertis is Professor of Astrophysics in the Departamento de Astrofisica! at the Universidad de La Laguna! Tenerife. Francisco Sanchez is Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias! Tenerife. Klappentext Lectures of the XI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics written by experts in the field. Zusammenfassung This volume provides an essential reference for all astronomers working in the field of high-redshift galaxies. It contains the lectures delivered at the XI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics! and each chapter is written by a world expert in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Participants; Group photograph; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Galaxy formation and evolution: recent progress R. Ellis; 2. Galaxies at high redshift M. Dickinson; 3. High-redshift galaxies: the far-infrared and sub-millimeter view A. Franceschini; 4. Quasar absorption lines J. Bechtold; 5. Stellar population synthesis models at low and high redshift G. Bruzual A.; 6. Elliptical galaxies K. C. Freeman; 7. Disk galaxies K. C. Freeman; 8. Dark matter in disk galaxies K. C. Freeman.

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• Authors: I. (Instituto De Astrofisica De Can Perez-Fournon, I. Balcells Perez-Fournon
• Assisted by: M. Balcells (Editor), Balcells M. (Editor), F. Moreno-Insertis (Editor), Moreno-Insertis F. (Editor), I. Perez-Fournon (Editor), I. Pérez-Fournon (Editor), F. Sánchez (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2003
• EAN: 9780521825917
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82591-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Galaxies & stars, Galaxies and stars, Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy