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ISBN Number: 9780521863445
Subtitle: Proceedings of the 235th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Prague, Czech Republic, Au
Written by: Combes, Franciose (edt)
Editor: Combes, Francoise
Editor: Palous, Jan
Editor: Palou?, Jan
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy, Universe
Subject: Cosmology
Subject: Evolution
Copyright: 2007
Series: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia
Series Volume: 235
Date of Publication: June 2007
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 448
Book Size: 973x707x105 238
This last decade has witnessed a revolution in our observations of galaxies; in particular deep imaging with HST and spectroscopy with 10m-class ground-based telescopes have uncovered many objects that are difficult to place along the Hubble sequence. High resolution spectroscopy of extremely faint objects has enabled the study of the kinematic evolution and, hence, the mass assembly of galaxies to unprecedented look-back times for direct comparison with cosmological structure formation scenarios. Thus, it is now possible to study all three aspects of galaxy evolution - their morphological-dynamical, chemical and spectral evolution out to redshift larger than six, exploring more than 95% of the age of the universe. These Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 235 report the considerable progress made in recent years on galaxy formation and evolution, and look forward to the expected breakthroughs in the domain of remote galaxies, with ALMA, the ELT and the next generation space telescopes. Synopsis:
IAU S235 report the considerable progress made in recent years on galaxy formation and evolution, for researchers in astronomy.
