A panchromatic view of galaxies [[electronic resource] /] / Alessandro Boselli

• Autore: Boselli Alessandro <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH Verlag, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Disciplina: 523.112
• Soggetto topico: Galaxies; Radio astronomy; Radio galaxies
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A Panchromatic View of Galaxies; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Galaxies; 1.2 A Multifrequency Approach; 1.3 The Purpose of this Book; Part One Emitting Sources and Radiative Processes in Galaxies; 2 X-ray; 2.1 Continuum; 2.1.1 Discrete Sources; 2.1.2 X-ray Emission in Active Galaxies; 2.1.3 Hot Gas; 3 UV-Optical-NIR; 3.1 Continuum: Stellar Emission; 3.2 Emission Lines; 3.2.1 Hydrogen Lines; 3.2.2 Metals; 3.3 Absorption Lines; 3.3.1 Hydrogen Lines; 3.3.2 Other Elements; 3.4 Molecular Lines; 3.4.1 H2 Near-Infrared Emission Lines; 3.4.2 H2 UV Absorption Lines; 4 The Infrared ; 4.1 Continuum: Dust Emission4.2 Emission Lines; 4.2.1 PAHs; 4.2.2 Cooling Lines in PDR; 4.2.3 H2 Lines; 4.2.4 Dust Absorption of Ly Scattered Photons; 5 Millimeter and Centimeter Radio; 5.1 Continuum; 5.1.1 Free-Free Emission; 5.1.2 Synchrotron Emission; 5.1.3 Dust Emission; 5.2 Emission Lines; 5.2.1 Molecular Lines; 5.2.2 HI; 5.3 Absorption Lines; 5.3.1 HI; Part Two Derived Quantities; 6 Properties of the Hot X-ray Emitting Gas; 6.1 X-ray Luminosity; 6.2 Gas Temperature; 7 Dust Properties; 7.1 The Far-IR Luminosity; 7.2 Dust Mass and Temperature; 8 Radio Properties ; 8.1 Determining the Contribution of the Different Radio Components8.1.1 Synchrotron vs. Free--Free Radio Emission in the Centimeter Domain; 8.1.2 The Emission of the Cold Dust Component at 1.5 mm; 8.2 The Radio Luminosity; 9 The Spectral Energy Distribution; 9.1 The Emission in the UV to Near-Infrared Spectral Domain; 9.1.1 UV, Optical, and Near-IR Colors; 9.1.2 Fitting SEDs with Population Synthesis Models; 9.2 The Dust Emission in the Infrared Domain; 9.2.1 Mid- and Far-Infrared Colors; 9.3 The Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Emission; 10 Spectral Features ; 10.1 Galaxy Characterization through Emission and Absorption Lines10.1.1 Classification of the Nuclear Activity; 10.1.2 Classification of Post-Starburst and Post-Star-Forming Galaxies; 10.1.3 Line Diagnostics; 10.2 Gas Metallicity from Emission Lines; 10.3 Stellar Age and Metallicity from Absorption Lines; 11 Gas Properties; 11.1 Gas Density, Mass, and Temperature; 11.1.1 The Atomic HI Mass; 11.1.2 The Molecular H2 Mass; 12 Dust Extinction; 12.1 Galactic Extinction; 12.1.1 Extinction Curve; 12.2 Internal Attenuation; 12.2.1 Attenuation of the Emission Lines ; 12.2.2 Attenuation of the Stellar Continuum13 Star Formation Tracers; 13.1 The Initial Mass Function; 13.2 The Star Formation Rate; 13.3 The Birthrate Parameter and the Specific Star Formation Rate; 13.4 The Star Formation Efficiency and the Gas Consumption Time Scale; 13.5 Hydrogen Emission Lines; 13.6 UV Stellar Continuum; 13.7 Infrared; 13.7.1 Integrated Infrared Luminosity; 13.7.2 Monochromatic Infrared Luminosities; 13.8 Radio Continuum; 13.9 Other Indicators; 13.9.1 The X-ray Luminosity; 13.9.2 Forbidden Lines; 13.9.3 [CII]; 13.9.4 Radio Recombination Lines ; 13.10 Population Synthesis Models
• Sommario/riassunto: Describing how to investigate all kinds of galaxies through a multifrequency analysis, this text is divided into three different sections. The first describes the data currently available at different frequencies, from X-rays to UV, optical, infrared and radio millimetric and centimetric, while explaining their physical meaning. In the second section, the author explains how these data can be used to determine physical parameters and quantities, such as mass and temperature. The final section is devoted to describing how the derived quantities can be used in a multifrequency analysis to study
• Titolo autorizzato: A panchromatic view of galaxies
• ISBN: 1-283-86982-9; 3-527-64027-4; 3-527-64025-8; 3-527-64026-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141337203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II