Galaxies : formation and evolution / / edited by Françoise Combes

• Pubblicazione: London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE Ltd. : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2020]; ©2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 523.112
• Soggetto topico: Galaxies
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): CombesF
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Classification of Galaxies -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Classes of galaxies -- 1.3. Elliptical galaxies -- 1.4. Spiral galaxies -- 1.5. SO galaxies -- 1.6. Magellanic spiral and irregular galaxies -- 1.7. Dwarf elliptical, SO, and spheroidal galaxies -- 1.8. Edge-on galaxies -- 1.9. Morphology of interacting and merging galaxies -- 1.10. General properties along the CVRHS sequence -- 1.10.1. Morphological systematics -- 1.10.2. Astrophysical systematics -- 1.11. Other approaches to galaxy classification -- 1.12. Interpretations of morphology -- 1.13. Artificial galaxies and the future of galaxy classification -- 1.14. References -- 2 Our Galaxy, the Milky Way -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Baryonic discs and their spiral structure -- 2.2.1. Neutral, ionized and molecular gas -- 2.2.2. Thin and thick stellar discs -- 2.2.3. Spiral structure from gaseous and stellar tracers -- 2.3. The central kiloparsecs: the bar and the bulge -- 2.4. The stellar halo -- 2.5. On the dark matter content and shape, as inferred from rotation curves and stellar streams -- 2.6. Dissecting the global structure: stellar kinematics, abundances and ages -- 2.6.1. Setting the scene: the solar vicinity -- 2.6.2. Zooming out on a several kpc scale -- 2.6.3. Digging into the bulge -- 2.7. Reconstructing the Milky Way evolution -- 2.8. Perspectives -- 2.9. References -- 3 Early-type Galaxies -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. General properties: components and morphology -- 3.2.1. Discs and bars -- 3.2.2. Gas and dust content -- 3.2.3. Dark matter and halo -- 3.2.4. Globular clusters -- 3.2.5. Light and mass profiles -- 3.2.6. Extreme cases: brightest cluster galaxies and ultra-diffuse galaxies -- 3.3. Zoom on the stellar component. ; 3.3.1. Scaling relations: Faber-Jackson, fundamental plane and virial plane -- 3.3.2. Age and metallicity -- 3.3.3. Initial mass function -- 3.4. Dynamics of ETGs -- 3.4.1. Observations -- 3.4.2. Toward a kinematic classification of ETGs -- 3.4.3. Modeling -- 3.4.4. Supermassive black holes -- 3.5. Formation and evolution processes -- 3.5.1. Perspective at z = 0: the mass-radius plane -- 3.5.2. Growth, mergers and transformations -- 3.5.3. Ex situ versus in situ -- 3.5.4. Environment -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 3.7. References -- 4 Spiral Galaxies -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Blue and red galaxies: quenching star formation -- 4.2.1. Definition of bimodality -- 4.2.2. The parameters that determine the red sequence -- 4.2.3. Mechanisms for quenching star formation -- 4.3. Spiral galaxies: density waves or not? -- 4.3.1. The winding problem -- 4.3.2. The theory of density waves -- 4.3.3. Role of gas and star formation -- 4.4. Bars: drivers of evolution -- 4.4.1. Formation of bars -- 4.4.2. Orbits in a barred galaxy -- 4.4.3. Response of gas to a barred potential -- 4.4.4. Vertical resonances and peanuts -- 4.4.5. Dark matter and bars -- 4.5. Environment of spiral galaxies -- 4.5.1. Morphological segregation -- 4.5.2. The problem of bulgeless galaxies -- 4.6. Conclusion -- 4.7. References -- 5 Galaxy Mergers and Interactions through Cosmic Time -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The physics of merging -- 5.3. The merger history of galaxies -- 5.3.1. Defining mergers and merging -- 5.3.2. Merger rates in the nearby universe -- 5.3.3. Galaxy merger fraction evolution to z = 6 -- 5.3.4. Galaxy merger rates -- 5.4. The added value of mergers -- 5.4.1. Galaxy and black hole assembly through interactions and mergers -- 5.4.2. Cosmological relevance -- 5.4.3. Future uses and methods -- 5.5. Summary -- 5.6. Acknowledgments -- 5.7. References. ; 6 Cosmic Evolution of Galaxies -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Characteristics of galaxies used to define their cosmic evolution -- 6.2.1. Decoding multi-wavelength radiation -- 6.2.2. Populations of galaxies -- 6.3. Starbursts, secular evolution and universality of star formation -- 6.3.1. Definition of a starburst -- 6.3.2. The SFMS and the secular evolution of galaxies -- 6.3.3. Origin of starbursts -- 6.3.4. Secular evolution and the influence of the galactic environment -- 6.4. Detection of distant galaxies -- 6.4.1. Deep surveys of the Universe -- 6.4.2. Large samples of distant galaxies -- 6.4.3. K correction -- 6.5. Cosmic history of galaxies -- 6.5.1. History of star formation -- 6.5.2. Evolution of the stellar mass function and formation of the red galaxy sequence -- 6.5.3. Evolution of the metallicity and of the average size of galaxies -- 6.5.4. Evolution of the galaxy merger and starburst rates -- 6.6. Origin of the cosmic history of galaxies -- 6.6.1. The diffuse cosmic background as a signature of the cosmic history of galaxies -- 6.6.2. Unraveling the origin of the cosmic history of galaxies by studying their reservoirs of interstellar matter -- 6.7. Conclusion -- 6.8. References -- List of Authors -- Author Biographies -- Index -- EULA.
• Titolo autorizzato: Galaxies
• ISBN: 1-119-81798-6; 1-119-81800-1; 1-119-81799-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910555016203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II