Lessons from the local group a conference in honour of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen /
Our understanding of galaxy formation comes mostly from two sources: sensitive observations at high angular resolution of the high-redshift Universe, where galaxies are observed to be forming, and detailed observations of individual stars and clouds in the Local Group, where telltale remnants from i...
| Corporate Authors: | Block-Elmegreen Conference Victoria, Seychelles) |
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| Other Authors: | Block-Elmegreen Conference, Freeman, Ken, 1940-, Elmegreen, Bruce G.,, Block, David L.,, Woolway, Matthew,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
[2014]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 516 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- From the Contents: Lessons from the Milky Way
- Milky Way Halo and First Stars
- Milky Way Bulge
- Milky Way Thick Disk
- Milky Way Bar
- Milky Way Thin Disk and Spiral Structure
- Gould's Belt
- Gas in the Milky Way
- Interstellar Gas Dynamics
- Interstellar Turbulence.