Lessons from the local group : a conference in honour of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen /: a conference in honour of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kenneth Freeman, Bruce Elmegreen, David Block, Matthew Woolway, editors.
• Editors: Freeman, Ken, 1940-; Woolway, Matthew
• Other Names: Elmegreen, Bruce G honouree.; Block, David L honouree.; Block-Elmegreen Conference
• Contents: From the Contents: Lessons from the Milky Way.- Milky Way Halo and First Stars.- Milky Way Bulge.- Milky Way Thick Disk.- Milky Way Bar.- Milky Way Thin Disk and Spiral Structure.- Gould's Belt.- Gas in the Milky Way.- Interstellar Gas Dynamics.- Interstellar Turbulence.- The Local Group through the Eyes of the Spitzer Space Telescope.- Dust in the Local Group.- Milky Way Metallicities and Fossil Cosmology.- The Interconnected Lives of Reynolds and Hubble.- History of the Discovery of Galaxies.- Stellar Migration in Galaxy Disks.- Cloud and Star Formation in Spiral Arms.- M31 Metallicities.- M31 Gas and Star Formation.- M31 and M33 Outer Disk and Halo.- M33 Gas and Star Formation.- Formation of Galaxy Groups.- Dynamics of the Local Group.- Morphological Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group.- Formation and Early Evolution of Globular Clusters.- MW Globular Clusters.- Globular Clusters in the Local Group.- History of the Magellanic Clouds.- LMC Stars.- LMC Gas and Star Formation.- SMC Stars.- SMC Gas and Star Formation.- LMC, SMC Orbits.- The Sgr Dwarf Galaxy.- Origin of Dwarf Galaxies.- Dwarf Satellites of the MW.- Vast Polar Structure of MW Dwarfs.- HVC and Intergalactic Clouds in the Local Group.- MW, M31, M33 Galaxy Centers: Gas and Star Formation.- MW Galactic Center Black Hole.- Galaxy Accretion and Cold Flows.- DM in Dwarf Galaxies and Mini Halos.- Planetary Nebulae.- Galaxy Morphology: Classical.- Galaxy Morphology: Quantitative Measures.- Galaxy Morphology: High Redshift.- The Earliest Galaxies.- Cosmic Evolution of Gas Content and Accretion.- High-z Galaxies: Gas and Star Formation.- Formation of Stars and Clusters over Cosmological Time.- Conference Summary.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 516 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 523.1/12; Physics; Astronomy; Science -- Astronomy; Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Local Group (Astronomy) -- Congresses; Deep space -- Local Group (Astronomy); Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319106144; 3319106147
• Related ISBNs: 9783319106137; 3319106139
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 29, 2014).
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