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Chemical Evolution of Galaxies - Couverture rigide

Livre 17 sur 55: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

Matteucci, Francesca

 
9783642224904: Chemical Evolution of Galaxies
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3642224903 ISBN 13 : 9783642224904
Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2012

Synopsis

The term "chemical evolution of galaxies" refers to the evolution of abundances of chemical species in galaxies, which is due to nuclear processes occurring in stars and to gas flows into and out of galaxies.

This book deals with the chemical evolution of galaxies of all morphological types (ellipticals, spirals and irregulars) and stresses the importance of the star formation histories in determining the properties of stellar populations in different galaxies. The topic is approached in a didactical and logical manner via galaxy evolution models which are compared with observational results obtained in the last two decades: The reader is given an introduction to the concept of chemical abundances and learns about the main stellar populations in our Galaxy as well as about the classification of galaxy types and their main observables. In the core of the book, the construction and solution of chemical evolution models are discussed in detail, followed by descriptions and interpretations of observations of the chemical evolution of the Milky Way, spheroidal galaxies, irregular galaxies and of cosmic chemical evolution.

The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to students as well as to amend our present ideas in research; the book also summarizes the efforts made by authors in the past several years in order to further future research in the field.

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À propos de l'auteur

Francesca Matteucci is associate professor at the University of Trieste, Italy, where she teaches Stellar Physics. Her field of research is the chemical evolution of galaxies of different morphological type, supernova rates and supernova progenitors.

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Éditeur
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3642224903
ISBN 13 
9783642224904
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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