Mario Livio / Thomas M. Brown (eds.)

The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory

Herausgeber: Brown, Thomas M.; Livio, Mario

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of review papers on important aspects of Local Group Astrophysics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9780521847599
• ISBN-10: 0521847591
• Artikelnr.: 21502769

Autorenporträt

Mario Livio is a Senior Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

1. History of the Local Group S. van den Bergh
2. Primordial nucleosynthesis G. Steigman
3. Galactic structure R. F. G. Wyse
4. The Large Magellanic Cloud: structure and kinematics R. P. van der Marel
5. The Local Group as an astrophysical laboratory for massive star feedback M. S. Oey
6. Hot gas in the Local Group and low-redshift intergalactic medium K. R. Sembach
7. Stages of satellite accretion M. E. Putman
8. The star formation history in the Andromeda halo T. M. Brown
9. Bulge populations in the Local Group R. M. Rich
10. The Local Group as a laboratory for the chemical evolution of galaxies D. R. Garnett
11. Massive stars in the Local Group: Star formation and stellar evolution P. Massey
12. Massive young clusters in the Local Group J. Maíz-Apellániz
13. Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae as probes of stellar evolution and populations L. Stanghellini
14. The old globular clusters: or, life among the ruins W. E. Harris
15. Chemical evolution models of Local Group galaxies M. Tosi.