Local group cosmology
Aimed at graduate students and young researchers, this volume presents observational techniques, tools, and models for studying Local Group galaxies.
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2013
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series: | Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1394546
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| Author Notes: | [edited by] David Martínez-Delgado, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg |
| Summary: | Aimed at graduate students and young researchers, this volume presents observational techniques, tools, and models for studying Local Group galaxies. Intro -- Contents -- List of contributors -- List of participants -- Preface -- Background -- Scientific rationale -- Outline of the school -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 The formation of the Milky Way in the CDM paradigm -- K. C. FREEMAN -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 The structure of the inner dark halo -- 1.1.2 The number of predicted satellites -- 1.1.3 Formation of disks with small or no bulges -- 1.1.4 The high merger rate in CDM -- 1.1.5 The low predicted baryonic angular momentum -- 1.1.6 The high predicted fraction of baryons converted into stars -- 1.1.7 Reconstructing Galaxy formation -- 1.1.8 Signatures remembered from each phase -- 1.1.9 The metal-poor stellar halo -- 1.1.10 General references -- 1.2 Dynamical processes which lose information -- 1.2.1 Accretion and destruction of satellites -- 1.2.2 The metal-poor stellar halo -- 1.2.3 Some unpleasant stellar dynamical effects -- 1.2.4 Radial mixing -- 1.3 The Galactic bulge and the globular clusters -- 1.3.1 Different kinds of bulges -- 1.3.2 The Galactic bar-bulge -- 1.3.3 The Galactic globular clusters -- 1.4 Data: sources and techniques -- 1.4.1 Stellar data -- 1.4.2 Observational techniques -- 1.5 The Galactic disk -- 1.5.1 The thin disk -- 1.5.2 The thick disk -- 1.5.3 Galactic archaeology: fossil recovery by chemical tagging -- REFERENCES -- 2 Dark matter content and tidal effects in Local Group dwarf galaxies -- STEVEN R. MAJEWSKI -- 2.1 Somewhat historical: overview of the Local Group, dwarf galaxies, and their observed structures -- 2.1.1 The Local Group in context -- 2.1.2 Galaxy content of the Local Group and the origin of morphological differences -- 2.1.3 The classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies -- 2.1.4 The ultrafaint dwarf galaxies -- 2.2 Evidence for dark matter in Local Group dwarf galaxies -- 2.2.1 Measuring dwarf galaxy masses. |
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| Item Description: | Lectures presented at the XX Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, held in Tenerife, Spain, November 17-18, 2008. - Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record Includes bibliographical references Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781306211703 9781107417892 |