The Environment and Evolution of Galaxies

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-7923-2542-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 188, 585 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1840 g

Reihe: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

In July 1992, over 300 astronomers attended the Third Tetons Summer School on the subject of `The Environment and Evolution of Galaxies'. This book presents 28 papers based on invited review talks and a panel discussion on `The Nature of High Redshift Objects'. The major themes include: the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium, Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Cooling Flows, Quasars and Radiation Backgrounds, and Interactions between Galaxies/AGNs and their Environment. Recent advances with the ROSAT, COBE and Hubble Space Telescope are discussed, together with current theoretical developments.
The tutorial nature of the papers make this book a valuable supplement for professional astonomers, graduate students, and senior undergraduates. As with previous Tetons conferences, this book provides both the current state of observational and theoretical research and material complementary to courses in extragalactic and interstellar astrophysics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thronson Jr., Harley A.

Shull, J.M.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Galaxien und Sterne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Gastrophysical Cosmology - Introduction and Overview.- Recent Results from Cobe.- The Formation of Galaxies.- Experimental Galaxy Formation.- Population Synthesis and Spectral Evolution of Galaxies.- Searching for Hidden Galaxies.- Panel Discussion: The Nature of High-Redshift Objects.- Galaxy Evolution as a Function of Environment.- Distant Galaxies: Evolutionary Clues.- Old, Red, and Dead Radio Galaxies at Large Redshift.- Primeval Galaxies, the IGM, and the QSO-protogalaxy Connection.- The Extragalactic X-ray Background (1 – 20 keV).- The Evolution of the Intergalactic Medium and Lyman-Alpha Clouds: Comparison of Theories and Observations.- Properties of the Lyman ? Forest at High and Low Redshifts.- QSO Absorption Lines: Implications for Galaxy Formation and Evolution.- The Properties of Absorption-Line Selected High-Redshift Galaxies.- Molecular Gas and the Yield of Young Stars in Galaxies.- The Physical Interpretation of Morphology.- Mergers and the Origin of Early-Type Galaxies.- Intergalactic and Extended Atomic Gas.- Energy Input from AGNs.- Cooling Flows in Clusters of Galaxies.- Evolution of Clusters and the Intracluster Medium.- The Quasar Luminosity Function.- Galactic Superwinds.- The First Stars.- The Birth of Stars in Galaxies.- The First QSs and Their Influence on the Intergalactic Medium.