Stellar Astrophysics for the Local Group

VIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
Herausgeber: Aparicio, A.; Sanchez, F.; Herrero, A.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A review of the new subject of extragalactic stellar astrophysics - for both graduate students and researchers working in astrophysics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1060g
• ISBN-13: 9780521176309
• ISBN-10: 0521176301
• Artikelnr.: 31387043

Inhaltsangabe

1. Fundamentals of stellar evolution theory: understanding the HRD C.
Chiosi; 2. Observations of the most luminous stars in local group galaxies
P. Massey; 3. Quantitative spectroscopy of the brightest blue supergiant
stars in galaxies R. P. Kudritzki; 4. Calibration of the extragalactic
distance scale B. F. Madore and W. L. Freedman; 5. Dwarf galaxies G. S. Da
Costa; 6. Resolved stellar populations of the luminous galaxies in the
local group M. Mateo; 7. Chemical evolution of the ISM in nearby galaxies
E. D. Skillman; 8. Populations of massive stars and the interstellar medium
C. Leitherer.