Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Polychronis Papaderos

ISBN 10: 3642220177 / ISBN 13: 9783642220173

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Apr 2012, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dwarf galaxy research constitutes an extremely vibrant field of astrophysical research, with many long-standing questions still unsettled and new ones constantly arising. The intriguing diversity of the dwarf galaxy population, observed with advanced ground-based and space-borne observatories over a wide spectral window providing an unprecedented level of detail, poses new challenges for both observers and theoreticians.The aim of this symposium was to bring together these two groups to exchange ideas and new results on the many evolutionary aspects of and open issues concerning dwarf galaxies. The main topics addressed include: the birth of dwarf galaxies: theoretical concepts and observable relics across wavelengths and time, the morphological, structural and chemical evolution of dwarf galaxies, possible evolutionary connections between early-type and late-type dwarfs, the star formation history of dwarf galaxies and its dependence on intrinsic and environmental properties, the origin and implications of starburst activity in dwarf galaxies, the fate of dwarfish systems born out of tidally ejected matter in galaxy collisions. 368 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Apr 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642220177
• ISBN 13: 9783642220173
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 25D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 717 grams

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Synopsis

Dwarf galaxy research constitutes an extremely vibrant field of astrophysical research, with many long-standing questions still unsettled and new ones constantly arising. The intriguing diversity of the dwarf galaxy population, observed with advanced ground-based and space-borne observatories over a wide spectral window providing an unprecedented level of detail, poses new challenges for both observers and theoreticians.

The aim of this symposium was to bring together these two groups to exchange ideas and new results on the many evolutionary aspects of and open issues concerning dwarf galaxies. The main topics addressed include: the birth of dwarf galaxies: theoretical concepts and observable relics across wavelengths and time, the morphological, structural and chemical evolution of dwarf galaxies, possible evolutionary connections between early-type and late-type dwarfs, the star formation history of dwarf galaxies and its dependence on intrinsic and environmental properties, the origin and implications of starburst activity in dwarf galaxies, the fate of dwarfish systems born out of tidally ejected matter in galaxy collisions.

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Dwarf galaxy research constitutes an extremely vibrant field of astrophysical research, with many long-standing questions still unsettled and new ones constantly arising. The intriguing diversity of the dwarf galaxy population, observed with advanced ground-based and space-borne observatories over a wide spectral window providing an unprecedented level of detail, poses new challenges for both observers and theoreticians.

The aim of this symposium was to bring together these two groups to exchange ideas and new results on the many evolutionary aspects of and open issues concerning dwarf galaxies. The main topics addressed include:

• the birth of dwarf galaxies: theoretical concepts and observable relics across wavelength and time
• the morphological, structural and chemical evolution of dwarf galaxies
• possible evolutionary connections between early-type and late-type dwarfs
• the star formation history of dwarf galaxies and its dependence on intrinsic and environmental properties
• the origin and implications of starburst activity in dwarf galaxies
• the fate of dwarfish systems born out of tidally ejected matter in galaxy collisions