Dynamics of Galaxies - Hardcover

Bertin, Giuseppe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107000548 ISBN 13: 9781107000544

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Our understanding of galaxies, the building blocks of the Universe has advanced significantly in recent years. New observations from ground- and space-based telescopes, the discovery of dark matter, and new insights into its distribution have been instrumental in this. This textbook provides graduate students with a modern introduction to the gravitationally-determined structure and evolution of galaxies. Readers will also benefit from detailed discussions of the issues involved in the process of modeling complex stellar systems. Additionally, the text provides an accessible framework for interpreting observations and devising new observational tests. Based on the author's extensive teaching experience, this Second Edition features an up to date view of basic phenomenology, a discussion of the structure of dark halos in galaxies, the dynamics of quasi-relaxed stellar systems and globular clusters, galaxies and gravitational lensing and an introduction to self-gravitating accretion disks. Extended problem sets are available from the accompanying resources website: www.cambridge.org/9781107000544.

About this title

Book Description:

Addressing advanced undergraduate and graduate students, the Second Edition of this well-received textbook examines key topics related to the dynamics of spiral galaxies, the structure and evolution of elliptical galaxies, and the role of dark matter halos, emphasizing the interface between theory and observations and interdisciplinary concepts.

About the Author:

Giuseppe Bertin is Professor of Physics at the University of Milan, Italy; previously he was in the faculty of the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. He has also held several positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been a member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara (in 2006 and 2009). Professor Bertin is also author of Spiral Structure in Galaxies: A Density Wave Theory with C. C. Lin, and editor of the proceedings of a series of three international workshops on plasmas in the laboratory and in the universe. He is the recipient of the Italian National Academy's Premio del Presidente della Repubblica in Science for 2013.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107000548
• ISBN 13: 9781107000544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 484