Overview
- Editors:
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Keiichi Wada
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Center for Computational Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Japan
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Françoise Combes
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Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, France
- This is a proceedings book based on review and contributed talks presented in a recent conference
- Readers (professional astronomers, graduate students, and scientific journalists) can learn recent observational and theoretical progress in a field of our Galaxy and nearby galaxies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (122 papers)
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The Galactic Center and Central Region of Galaxies
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- Johan H. Knapen, E. L. Allard, L. M. Mazzuca, M. Sarzi, R. F. Peletier
Pages 125-132
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- Masato Tsuboi, Atsushi Miyazaki, Toshihiro Handa
Pages 133-138
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- Richard Davies, Reinhard Genzel, L. Tacconi, F. Mueller Sánchez, A. Sternberg
Pages 144-149
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- Santiago García-Burillo, Françoise Combes, J. Graciá-Carpio, A. Usero
Pages 150-155
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- Yoshiaki Hyodo, Katsuji Koyama
Pages 156-161
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Nearby Galaxies
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- Norio Kuno, N. Sato, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Akihiko Hirota, Tomoka Tosaki, Y. Shioya et al.
Pages 170-177
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- Sebastien Muller, M. Guélin, H. Ungerechts, L. Loinar, R. Lucas, Richard Wielebinski
Pages 200-205
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- Tony Wong, Leo Blitz, A. Kawamura, H. Iritani, Y. Fukui
Pages 206-211
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- Carsten Kramer, Marc Hitschfeld, Karl F. Schuster, Santiago Garcia-Burillo, Bhaswati Mookerjea
Pages 219-224
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- Thomas Nikola, G. J. Stacey, C. M. Bradford, A. D. Bolatto, S. J. Higdon, K. Isaak et al.
Pages 225-230
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- Shinya Komugi, Yoshiaki Sofue, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Sachiko Onodera, Fumi Egusa, Kazuyuki Muraoka et al.
Pages 231-236
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Galactic Evolution and Environment
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Front Matter
Pages 251-252
About this book
In our quest to elucidate the origin of the universe and the formation of galaxies, particularly that of the Milky Way in which we live, astounding progress has been made in recent years through observational and theoretical studies. Not only have gigantic surveys covering a large fraction of the sky brought statistics enlightening evolutionary paths of galaxies, but powerful instruments, such as radio interferometers and ground- and space-based op- cal/infrared telescopes, have been able to map individual objects with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. Yet we do not fully understand the physics behind the observational results, and a number of unsolved problems need to be discussed, such as: What is the origin of disks and spheroids and which form ?rst? What determines the global star formation rate in galaxies? How in?uential are the environment and interactions for nearby galaxies? What causes starburst and AGN activity in galaxies? In order to discuss and make progress on these important questions, aided by recent observational and theoretical work, we organized a symposium en- tled “Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies”, on 26 June - 30 June, 2006, at Ishigaki island. Ishigaki is a tropical resort island located about 1000 km south-west from the main island of Japan and surrounded by a coral reef and beautiful white sand beaches. Ishigaki is also the site of one of the 20 m radio telescopes in the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA) network, which is operated by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Editors and Affiliations
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Center for Computational Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Japan
Keiichi Wada
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Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, France
Françoise Combes
About the editors
Keiichi Wada, Dr. Associate Professor, Division of Theoretical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan