Outskirts of Galaxies - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3319565699 ISBN 13 : 9783319565699

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017

Synopsis

Outer regions of the Milky Way.- Resolved stellar populations as tracers of outskirts.- Star formation in the outskirts of galaxies.- Disk fading and regrowth in early-type galaxies.- Imaging haloes and disks.- Outer regions of elliptical galaxies.- ISM in outskirts (HI, CO, etc).- Observing and modelling metallicities.- The outer regions seen at high redshifts.- Evolution of outer structure.- Constraints from numerical modelling.-Accretion: Theory and modelling.- Future prospects: Deep imaging of galaxy outskirts using telescopes large and small.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Prof. Johan Knapen is an astronomer at Instituto de Astrofsica de Canarias, Spain, where he has been Head of the Research Division from Feb. 2011-Mar. 2015. He is leading the successfull European Initial Training Network DAGAL (Detailed Anatomy of GaLaxies) an ambitious network formed of six research groups in Spain, Germany, Finland, France, and the Netherlands.

Janice C. Lee is an Associate Astronomer (Tenure-Track) Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, specialising in Extragalactic Astronomy

Armando Gil de Paz is an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, specialising in Extragalactic Astronomy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319565699
• ISBN 13: 9783319565699
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 373
• Éditeur: Knapen Johan H., Lee Janice C., Gil De Paz Armando
• Coordonnées du fabricant: ProductSafety@springernature.com; ProductSafety@springernature.com; ; Poststr. 9; Darmstadt; 64293; Allemagne