Outskirts of galaxies / Johan H. Knapen, Janice C. Lee, Armando Gil de Paz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knapen, Johan Hendrik, editor.

Lee, Janice C., editor.

Gil de Paz, Armando, editor.

International Astronomical Union. Symposium 2016 : Toledo, Spain)

Series:

Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 434.

Astrophysics and space science library, 0067-0057 ; 434

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Active galaxies.

Interstellar matter.

Galaxies--Formation.

Galaxies.

Galaxies--Evolution.

Physical Description:

xi, 362 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]

Summary:

This book consists of invited reviews written by world-renowned experts on the subject of the outskirts of galaxies, an upcoming field which has been understudied so far. These regions are faint and hard to observe, yet hide a tremendous amount of information on the origin and early evolution of galaxies. They thus allow astronomers to address some of the most topical problems, such as gaseous and satellite accretion, radial migration, and merging. The book is published in conjunction with the celebration of the end of the four-year DAGAL project, an EU-funded initial training network, and with a major international conference on the topic held in March 2016 in Toledo. It thus reflects not only the views of the experts, but also the scientific discussions and progress achieved during the project and the meeting. The reviews in the book describe the most modern observations of the outer regions of our own Galaxy, and of galaxies in the local and high-redshift Universe. They tackle disks, haloes, streams, and accretion as observed through deep imaging and spectroscopy, and guide the reader through the various formation and evolution scenarios for galaxies. The reviews focus on the major open questions in the field, and explore how they can be tackled in the future. This book provides a unique entry point into the field for graduate students and non-specialists, and serves as a reference work for researchers in this exciting new field.

Contents:

1. Outer regions of the Milky Way / Francesca Figueras

2. Resolved stellar populations as tracers of outskirts / Denija Crnojević

3. The impact of stellar migration on disk outskirts / Victor P. Debattista, Rok Roškar, and Sarah R. Loebman

4. Outskirts of nearby disk galaxies : star formation and stellar populations / Bruce G. Elmegreen and Deidre A. Hunter

5. Metallicities in the outer regions of spiral galaxies / Fabio Bresolin

6. Molecular gas in the outskirts / Linda C. Watson and Jin Koda

7. HI in the outskirts of nearby galaxies / Albert Bosma

8. Ultra-deep imaging : structure of disks and haloes / Johan H. Knapen and Ignacio Trujillo

9. Outskirts of distant galaxies in absorption / Hsiao-Wen Chen

10. Future prospects : deep imaging of galaxy outskirts using telescopes large and small / Roberto Abraham, Pieter van Dokkum, Charlie Conroy, Allison Merritt, Jielai Zhang, Deborah Lokhorst, Shany Danieli, and Lamiya Mowla.

Notes:

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso.

Outgrowth of the four-year DAGAL project (Detailed Anatomy of GALaxies), and of IAUS Symposium 321, held March 14-18, 2016, in Toledo Spain. (Preface and symposium's Web site)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319565699

3319565699

OCLC:

978289800