Galaxies: Interactions and Induced Star Formation

Saas-Fee Advanced Course 26. Lecture Notes 1996 Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-3-642-08342-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 405 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 710 g

Reihe: Saas-Fee Advanced Course

This volume contains the written versions of the lectures given at the 26th course of the renowned Saas-Fee series. The book represents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the field of galaxy interaction. Nowadays, galaxies are no longer seen as immutable objects: they evolve, interact, merge, blaze, and reshape. Dynamic forces can induce powerful stellar activity able to transform the matter composition and morphology of galaxies. The lectures included in this book aim at a better understanding of these remarkable and fascinating phenomena. Though the book is intended for graduate students and young post-docs in astrophysics, it contains more advanced and original material, as well as historical perspectives, which will be of great interest to experts and astronomy teachers also.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kennicutt Jr., Robert C.

Schweizer, F.

Barnes, J. E.

Friedli, D.

Martinet, L.

Pfenniger, D.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Galaxien und Sterne
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Induced Star Formation.- Observational Evidence for Interactions and Mergers.- Dynamics of Galaxy Interactions.