Outskirts of Galaxies

Book Overview

Outer regions of the Milky Way.- Resolved stellar populations as tracers of outskirts.- Star formation in the outskirts of galaxies.- Disk fading and regrowth in early-type galaxies.- Imaging haloes and disks.- Outer regions of elliptical galaxies.- ISM in outskirts (HI, CO, etc).- Observing and modelling metallicities.- The outer regions seen at high redshifts.- Evolution of outer structure.- Constraints from numerical modelling.-Accretion: Theory and modelling.- Future prospects: Deep imaging of galaxy outskirts using telescopes large and small.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319859455
• ISBN13: 9783319859453
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"