Galaxies in the universe an introduction
This extensively illustrated book presents the astrophysics of galaxies since their beginnings in the early Universe. It has been thoroughly revised to take into account the most recent observational data, and recent discoveries such as dark energy. There are new sections on galaxy clusters, gamma r...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2007.
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| Edición: | Second edition |
| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45474709*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Mapping our Milky Way
- The orbits of the stars
- Our backyard : the Local Group
- Spiral and S0 galaxies
- Elliptical galaxies
- Galaxy groups and clusters
- The large-scale distribution of galaxies
- Active galactic nuclei and the early history of galaxies
- Appendix A. Units and conversions
- Appendix B. Bibliography
- Appendix C. Hints for problems.
