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Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Proceedings of Symposium 3 of JENAM 2010

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2012

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (ASSSP)

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Table of contents (39 papers)

  1. General Properties of Dwarf Galaxies

  2. Dwarf Galaxy Models

  3. Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group

  4. Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies

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About this book

Dwarf galaxy research constitutes an extremely vibrant field of astrophysical research, with many long-standing questions still unsettled and new ones constantly arising. The intriguing diversity of the dwarf galaxy population, observed with advanced ground-based and space-borne observatories over a wide spectral window providing an unprecedented level of detail, poses new challenges for both observers and theoreticians.

The aim of this symposium was to bring together these two groups to exchange ideas and new results on the many evolutionary aspects of and open issues concerning dwarf galaxies. The main topics addressed include: the birth of dwarf galaxies: theoretical concepts and observable relics across wavelengths and time, the morphological, structural and chemical evolution of dwarf galaxies, possible evolutionary connections between early-type and late-type dwarfs, the star formation history of dwarf galaxies and its dependence on intrinsic and environmental properties, the origin and implications of starburst activity in dwarf galaxies, the fate of dwarfish systems born out of tidally ejected matter in galaxy collisions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Centro de Astrofísica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Polychronis Papaderos

  • , Institute of Astronomy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Simone Recchi, Gerhard Hensler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of Symposium 3 of JENAM 2010

  • Editors: Polychronis Papaderos, Simone Recchi, Gerhard Hensler

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22018-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22017-3Published: 20 April 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42789-3Published: 09 May 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22018-0Published: 23 April 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1570-6591

  • Series E-ISSN: 1570-6605

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 346

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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