Formation and evolution of cosmic structures

Author(s)

• Röser, Siegfried

Bibliographic Information

Formation and evolution of cosmic structures

Edited by Siegfried Röser

（Reviews in modern astronomy, v. 21）

Wiley-VCH, c2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This 21st volume in the series contains 15 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the 2008 International Scientific Conference of the German Astronomical Society on the topic of "New Challenges to European Astronomy", held in Vienna, Austria. The papers discuss a wide range of hot topics, including cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics gravitational waves, extragalactic and stellar astronomy -- together representing the roadmap for modern astrophysical research.

Table of Contents

Karl Schwarzschild Lecture: The Richness and Beauty of the Physics of Cosmological Recombination By Rashid Sunyaev Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture: Complexity in Small-scale Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies By Andreas Koch The Current Status of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) By R.H. Sanders Modeling the High-z Universe: Probing Galaxy Formation By Sadegh Khochfar Evolution of Massive Stars along the Cosmic History By Georges Meynet, Sylvia Ekstroem, Cyril Georgy, Cristina Chiappini and Andre Maeder Cosmic Evolution of Stellar Disc Truncations By John E. Beckman Star Formation from Spitzer (Lyman) to Spitzer (Space Telescope) and Beyond By Joao Alves and Virginia Trimble Catastrophism versus Uniformitarianism in the History of Star Formation By Virginia Trimble Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and the Physics of Star Formation By Bruce G. Elmegreen What Cluster Gas Expulsion can tell us about Star Formation, Cluster Environment and Galaxy Evolution By Genevieve Parmentier The High Mass End of Extragalactic Globular Clusters By Michael Hilker Solar System Formation By Aurelien Crida Solar Space Missions: present and future By Sami K. Solanki & Eckart Marsch Women in (European) Astronomy By Meg Urry

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Details

• NCID: BA91363474
• ISBN:
  • 9783527409105
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Weinheim
• Pages/Volumes: 283 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62864308