Galaxy Evolution: Connecting the Distant Universe with the Local Fossil Record

by Monique Spite (Editor)

Overview

This book is an up-to-date review of the basic elements directly conne cted to the evolution of galaxies. Owing to recent advances in observa tional astronomy and astrophysics, data has recently become available about remote galaxies, which are consequently in the first stages of t heir evolution. It is therefore essential to link these data to the ob servation of very old populations in our own Galaxy, which are the rem nants of the populations which existed in the first stages of galactic evolution. In this meeting, the relationship between these two differ ent points of view is emphasized in the texts presented by well-known specialists as well as by young researchers active in the field. The d ifficulties of the problem and the remaining uncertainties are discuss ed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792359432
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	02/29/2000
Edition description:	Em> ed.
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface. List of Participants. I. Introduction. II. The pregalactic evolution and the nucleosynthesis of the elements. III. The old Halo populations. IV. The old Disk population. V. The Bulges. VI. Evolution of the Milky Way. VII. Evolution of the external galaxies. VIII. Future prospects and Conclusions.