The Cosmic Evolution of Galaxy Structure

This book explores and explains the structural evolution of galaxies, how we measure it, how these measurements change with time, and how observing this reveals important information about galaxy formation and evolution. It also explains the future of the field, including through the use of machine learning tools.

About the author

Christopher J Conselice is currently a Professor of extragalactic astronomy at the University of Manchester. He is an expert on the properties and evolution of galaxies, and in 2009 he won the Leverhulme Prize for his research. Before coming to Manchester, he was a Professor of astrophysics at the University of Nottingham, a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech, and he completed his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher J Conselice, Christopher J (Professor Conselice, Christopher J. Conselice
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2020
• EAN: 9780750326681
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-2668-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 259 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 574 g
• Series: AAS-IOP Astronomy
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy