Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges (Iau S245) - Colloqui

Klappentext Reviews current observations and theory on galaxy bulges, for graduate students and researchers. Zusammenfassung IAU Symposium 245 provides diverse articles covering current research on galaxy bulges! a dominant component of many galaxies. Galaxy bulges are analysed in terms of structure! content! and theories of their formation! and discussed alongside hot topics such as black holes! the Milky Way bulge! and the high redshift universe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Organising committee; Symposium photograph; Symposium participants; Part I. Formation and Evolution of Bulges: 1. Bulge models Martin Bureau; 2. Bulges and hierarchical formation Chanda Jog; 3. Bulges and secular evolution Ronald Buta; Part II. Star Formation and Nuclear Activity: 4. Star formation and gaseous flows Joseph Shields; 5. Black holes and nuclear activity Evgeny Polyachenko; Part III. Stellar Populations: 6. Integrated Stellar Populations Maren Hempel; 7. Resolved Stellar Populations Walter Maciel; Part IV. Distant Bulges and Large Surveys: 8. Surveys Jochen Liske; 9. High-z universe Martin Bureau; Author index.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Bureau, Martin (University of Oxford) Athanassoula Bureau, Martin Athanassoula Bureau
• Assisted by: E. Athanassoula (Editor), Beatriz Barbuy (Editor), Beatriz (Universidade de Sao Paulo) Barbuy (Editor), Martin Bureau (Editor), Martin (University of Oxford) Bureau (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.09.2008
• EAN: 9780521874670
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87467-0
• No. of pages: 500
• Series: IAU Symposium; Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia; IAU Symposium
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy