Local Group Cosmology
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2013
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-02380-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-02380-2 (ISBN)
The Local Group galaxies provide the best laboratory in which to investigate galaxy formation processes. Ideal for graduate students and early career researchers, this volume provides modules from eminent and experienced scientists at the forefront of Local Group research, who present overviews of observational techniques, diagnostic tools, and theoretical models.
One of the most fascinating unresolved problems of modern astrophysics is how the galaxies we observe today were formed. The Lambda-Cold Dark Matter paradigm predicts that large spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way formed through accretion and tidal disruption of satellite galaxies. The galaxies of the Local Group provide the best laboratory in which to investigate these galaxy formation processes because they can be studied with sufficiently high resolution to exhume fossils of galactic evolution embedded in the spatial distribution, kinematics, and chemical abundances of their oldest stars. Based on the twentieth Winter School of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics, this volume provides a firm grounding for graduate students and early career researchers working on Local Group cosmology. It presents modules from eight eminent and experienced scientists at the forefront of Local Group research, and includes overviews of observational techniques, diagnostic tools, and various theoretical models.
One of the most fascinating unresolved problems of modern astrophysics is how the galaxies we observe today were formed. The Lambda-Cold Dark Matter paradigm predicts that large spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way formed through accretion and tidal disruption of satellite galaxies. The galaxies of the Local Group provide the best laboratory in which to investigate these galaxy formation processes because they can be studied with sufficiently high resolution to exhume fossils of galactic evolution embedded in the spatial distribution, kinematics, and chemical abundances of their oldest stars. Based on the twentieth Winter School of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics, this volume provides a firm grounding for graduate students and early career researchers working on Local Group cosmology. It presents modules from eight eminent and experienced scientists at the forefront of Local Group research, and includes overviews of observational techniques, diagnostic tools, and various theoretical models.
David Martínez-Delgado is an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany, and at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain.
List of contributors; List of participants; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The formation of the Milky Way in the CDM paradigm Ken Freeman; 2. Dark matter content and tidal effects in Local Group dwarf galaxies Steven R. Majewski; 3. Notes on the missing satellites problem James Bullock; 4. The Milky Way satellite galaxies Pavel Kroupa; 5. Stellar tidal streams Rodrigo Ibata; 6. Tutorial: the analysis of colour-magnitude diagrams David Valls-Gabaud; 7. Tutorial: modeling tidal streams using N-body simulations Jorge Peñarrubia.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.10.2013 |
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Reihe/Serie | Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, unspecified; 8 Halftones, unspecified; 103 Line drawings, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 184 x 261 mm |
Gewicht | 720 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
ISBN-10 | 1-107-02380-7 / 1107023807 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-107-02380-2 / 9781107023802 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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