The Origin Of The Galaxy And Local Group

Author : Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642417205
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin of the Galaxy and Local Group written by Joss Bland-Hawthorn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the updated and expanded lecture notes of the 37th Saas-Fee Advanced Course organised by the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy. It offers the most comprehensive and up to date review of one of the hottest research topics in astrophysics - how our Milky Way galaxy formed. Joss Bland-Hawthorn & Ken Freeman lectured on Near Field Cosmology - The Origin of the Galaxy and the Local Group. Francesca Matteucci’s chapter is on Chemical evolution of the Milky Way and its Satellites. As designed by the SSAA, books in this series – and this one too – are targeted at graduate and PhD students and young researchers in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. Lecturers and researchers entering the field will also benefit from the book.

Author : Sidney Bergh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139429655
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Galaxies of the Local Group written by Sidney Bergh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Local Group is a small cluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way. At least half of all galaxies in the Universe are thought to belong to similar groups. This authoritative volume provides a comprehensive synthesis of what is known about the Local Group. It begins with a summary of each member galaxy, as well as those galaxies previously regarded as possible members. The book examines the mass, stability and evolution of the Local Group as a whole and includes many important previously unpublished results and conclusions. With clarity, Professor van den Bergh provides a masterful summary of all that is known about the galaxies of the Local Group and their evolution, and expertly places this knowledge in the wider context of on-going studies of galaxy formation and evolution, the cosmic distance scale, and the conditions in the early Universe.

Author : Paul W. Hodge
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306478188
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Atlas of Local Group Galaxies written by Paul W. Hodge and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Atlas provides a complete set of images of Local Group Galaxies (excluding the three for which identification atlases are already in print) and shows the most important objects, including many thousands of individual stars and interstellar objects. It is unique in its coverage and format and provides a source of these fundamental data that will be used for many years. Researchers, students and even amateur astronomers will be able to use the Atlas to identify and study the various components of the nearly 30 important galaxies covered by the Atlas. The objects identified on the more than 200 charts include variable stars, globular star clusters, open star clusters, stellar associations, emission regions, supernova remnants, planetary nebulae and dust clouds. Each galaxy is accompanied by an extensive bibliography.

Author : Sidney Van den Bergh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780511048128
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Galaxies of the Local Group written by Sidney Van den Bergh and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful summary of what is currently known about the Local Group (thirty-five member galaxies that includes the Milky Way), and expertly places this knowledge in the wider context of understanding galaxy formation and evolution, the cosmic distance scale, and the early Universe. Includes many important previously unpublished results.

Author : Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.). Symposium
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521847599
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory written by Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.). Symposium and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Author : Andrew McWilliam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521755788
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origin and Evolution of the Elements: Volume 4, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series written by Andrew McWilliam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-23 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Carnegie volume discusses the origin and evolution of elements in our galaxy and others.

Author : John Gribbin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199234345
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Galaxies: A Very Short Introduction written by John Gribbin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating Very Short Introduction, popular science writer John Gribben tells the story of our growing understanding of galaxies, from the days before Galileo to our present-day observations of our many hundreds of millions of galactic neighbors. Not only are galaxies fascinating astronomical structures in themselves, but their study has revealed much of what we know today about the cosmos, providing a window on the Big Bang and the origins of the Universe. Gribben looks at our own "Milky Way" Galaxy in detail, from the different kinds of stars that are born within it, to the origins of its magnificent spiral structure. Perhaps most interesting, Gribben describes the many exciting discoveries have been made about our own galaxy and about those beyond: how a supermassive black hole lurks at the center of every galaxy, how enormous forces are released when galaxies collide, how distant galaxies provide a window on the early Universe, and how the formation of young galaxies shed needed light on the mysteries of Cold Dark Matter. John Gribbin is one of the best-known current popular science writers. His many books include the acclaimed The Universe: A Biography, In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, and Science: A History. He has written for many newspapers and regularly contributes to radio and television documentaries and debates, and also writes science fiction novels. He formerly worked for Nature and New Scientist and is presently a Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex. 1. A Very Short Introduction 2. The Great Debate 3. Our Island 4. The Expanding Universe 5. Across the Universe 6. The Origin of Galaxies 7. The Universe at Large References & Further Reading Index

Author : P Murdin
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000523039
Total Pages : 5610 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics written by P Murdin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 5610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique collaboration, Nature Publishing Group and Institute of Physics Publishing have published the most extensive and comprehensive reference work in astronomy and astrophysics. This unique resource covers the entire field of astronomy and astrophysics and this online version includes the full text of over 2,750 articles, plus sophisticated search and retrieval functionality and links to the primary literature. The Encyclopaedia's authority is assured by editorial and advisory boards drawn from the world's foremost astronomers and astrophysicists. This first class resource is an essential source of information for undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and seasoned professionals, as well as for committed amateurs, librarians and lay people wishing to consult the definitive astronomy and astrophysics reference work.

Author : E. J. Alfaro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521481779
Total Pages : 384 pages
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Download or read book The Formation of the Milky Way written by E. J. Alfaro and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review examines all the key physical processes involved in the formation and evolution of the Milky Way, based on an international meeting held in Granada (Spain).

Author : Kenneth Freeman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319106147
Total Pages : 516 pages
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Download or read book Lessons from the Local Group written by Kenneth Freeman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our understanding of galaxy formation comes mostly from two sources: sensitive observations at high angular resolution of the high-redshift Universe, where galaxies are observed to be forming, and detailed observations of individual stars and clouds in the Local Group, where telltale remnants from its formative time remain and similar processes operate at a low level today. The current conference focusses on key aspects of the Local Group, composed of the Milky Way, Andromeda and Triangulum Spiral Galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Cloud galaxies, numerous dwarf and irregular galaxies, and intergalactic gas. Topics include the halo and thick disk of the Milky Way with its first stars and stellar streams; the Milky Way bar, bulge and outer edge; interstellar dust and turbulence; star formation processes and stellar scattering in spiral arms; views through the infrared Eyes of the Spitzer Space Telescope; globular clusters; the Local Gould Belt; stellar metallicities and elemental abundances; the environment and black hole in the Milky Way nucleus; orbits of the Magellanic Clouds and galaxy dwarfs; interstellar dust and turbulence; the outer disks and halos of the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies; ripples from a collision in Andromeda; and arcs of carbon stars in the Triangulum and intergalactic clouds. This volume also discusses surveys of planetary nebulae, galaxy morphology at low and high redshift, cosmic evolution of star and galaxy formation and gas accretion, Lyman alpha emitting galaxies, ultra-low surface brightness imaging, and more. Readers are given a clear and comprehensive view of this wide range of topics written by specialists in each field. This is the proceedings of an International Conference at the Seychelles archipelago in May 2014, on the occasion of the 60th birthday of David Block and the millionth (base two) birthday of Bruce Elmegreen.