Star clusters

Author(s)

• Carney, Bruce W.
• Harris, William E.
• Labhardt, Lukas
• B.Binggeli
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Astrophysik und Astronomie

Bibliographic Information

Star clusters

B.W.Carney, W.E.Harris ; Edited by L.Labhardt and B.Binggeli

（Saas-Fee advanced course ... lecture notes, 1998, 28）

Springer, c2001

Note

"The 28th Advanced Course of the SSAA took place in Les Diablerets from 30 March to 4 April 1998"--pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Star clusters are at the heart of astronomy, being key objects for our understanding of stellar evolution and galactic structure. Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope and other modern equipment have revealed fascinating new facts about these galactic building blocks. This book provides two comprehensive and up-to-date, pedagogically designed reviews on star clusters by two well-known experts in the field. Bruce Carney presents our current knowledge of the relative and absolute ages of globular clusters and the chemical history of our Galaxy. Bill Harris addresses globular clusters in external galaxies and their use as tracers of galaxy formation and cosmic distance indicators. The book is written for graduate students as well as professionals in astronomy and astrophysics.

Table of Contents

Stellar Evolution in Globular Clusters.- Globular Cluster Systems.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA5087584X
• ISBN:
  • 3540676465
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 417 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 523.8/55
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Stars -- Clusters
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA2389504X