04999nam 2200673Ia 450 991013958190332120170814171610.03-527-63662-51-283-30250-097866133025023-527-63661-73-527-63663-3(CKB)2550000000055787(EBL)822722(OCoLC)761319844(SSID)ssj0000612941(PQKBManifestationID)11387981(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612941(PQKBWorkID)10571899(PQKB)11212667(MiAaPQ)EBC822722(iGPub)WILEYB0028591(PPN)163503729(EXLCZ)99255000000005578720111013d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStellar populations[electronic resource] a user guide from low to high redshift /Laura Greggio and Alvio Renzini1st ed.Weinheim Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbHc20111 online resource (319 p.)Wiley series in cosmologyDescription based upon print version of record.3-527-40918-1 Stellar Populations; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Color Plates; 1 Firm and Less Firm Outcomes of Stellar Evolution Theory; 1.1 A Brief Journey through Stellar Evolution; 1.1.1 A 9 M Star; 1.1.2 The Evolution of Stars with Solar Composition; 1.1.3 Dependence on Initial Chemical Composition; 1.1.4 The Asymptotic Giant Branch Phase; 1.2 Strengths and Weaknesses of Stellar Evolutionary Models; 1.2.1 Microphysics; 1.2.2 Macrophysics; 1.3 The Initial Mass-Final Mass Relation; 2 The Fundamentals of Evolutionary Population Synthesis; 2.1 The Stellar Evolution Clock2.2 The Evolutionary Flux2.3 The Fuel Consumption Theorem; 2.4 Fuel Consumptions; 2.5 Population Synthesis Using Isochrones; 2.6 The Luminosity Evolution of Stellar Populations; 2.7 The Specific Evolutionary Flux; 2.8 The IMF Scale Factor; 2.9 Total and Specific Rates of Mass Return; 2.10 Mass and Mass-to-Light Ratio; 2.11 IMF-Dependent and IMF-Independent Quantities; 2.12 The Age-Metallicity Degeneracy; 3 Resolving Stellar Populations; 3.1 The Stellar Populations of Pixels and Frames; 3.1.1 The Stellar Population of a Frame; 3.1.2 The Stellar Population of a Pixel3.2 Simulated Observations and Their Reduction4 Age Dating Resolved Stellar Populations; 4.1 Globular Cluster Ages; 4.1.1 Absolute and Relative Globular Cluster Ages; 4.1.2 Globular Clusters with Multiple Populations; 4.2 The Age of the Galactic Bulge; 4.3 Globular Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds; 4.4 Stellar Ages of the M31 Spheroid; 4.4.1 The Bulge of M31; 4.4.2 The M31 Halo and Giant Stream; 4.5 The Star Formation Histories of Resolved Galaxies; 4.5.1 The Mass-Specific Production; 4.5.2 Decoding the CMD; 4.5.3 The Specific Production Method; 4.5.4 The Synthetic CMD Method4.5.5 An Example: the Stellar Population in the Halo of the Centaurus A Galaxy5 The Evolutionary Synthesis of Stellar Populations; 5.1 Simple Stellar Populations; 5.2 Spectral Libraries; 5.2.1 Empirical Spectral Libraries; 5.2.2 Model Atmosphere Libraries; 5.3 Composite Stellar Populations; 5.4 Evolving Spectra; 5.4.1 The Spectral Evolution of a SSP; 5.4.2 The Spectral Evolution of Composite Stellar Populations; 5.4.3 There Are Also Binaries; 6 Stellar Population Diagnostics of Galaxies; 6.1 Measuring Star Formation Rates; 6.1.1 The SFR from the Ultraviolet Continuum6.1.2 The SFR from the Far-Infrared Luminosity6.1.3 The SFR from Optical Emission Lines; 6.1.4 The SFR from the Soft X-ray Luminosity; 6.1.5 The SFR from the Radio Luminosity; 6.2 Measuring the Stellar Mass of Galaxies; 6.3 Age and Metallicity Diagnostics; 6.3.1 Star-Forming Galaxies; 6.3.2 Quenched Galaxies; 6.4 Star-Forming and Quenched Galaxies through Cosmic Times; 6.4.1 The Main Sequence of Star-Forming Galaxies; 6.4.2 The Mass and Environment of Quenched Galaxies; 6.4.3 Mass Functions; 7 Supernovae; 7.1 Observed SN Rates; 7.2 Core Collapse SNe; 7.2.1 Theoretical Rates7.2.2 Nucleosynthetic YieldsThis up-to-date reference on stellar populations and development models includes coverage of distant galaxies, chemical evolution and supernovae. Written by highly acclaimed authorities in the field, the book makes use of specific problems to reveal the ""kitchen secrets.""Wiley series in cosmology.StarsPopulationsStarsClassificationStarsPopulations.Stars523.8Greggio Laura967982Renzini Alvio48980MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910139581903321Stellar populations2198430UNINA