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Galaxies: Interactions and Induced Star Formation

Saas-Fee Advanced Course 26. Lecture Notes 1996 Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

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  • © 1998

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  • So far this seems to be the only book well suited for teaching graduate students that treats the hot topic of induced star formation in some detail.

Part of the book series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course (SAASFEE, volume 26)

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About this book

This volume contains the written versions of the lectures given at the 26th course of the renowned Saas-Fee series. The book represents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the field of galaxy interaction. Nowadays, galaxies are no longer seen as immutable objects: they evolve, interact, merge, blaze, and reshape. Dynamic forces can induce powerful stellar activity able to transform the matter composition and morphology of galaxies. The lectures included in this book aim at a better understanding of these remarkable and fascinating phenomena. Though the book is intended for graduate students and young post-docs in astrophysics, it contains more advanced and original material, as well as historical perspectives, which will be of great interest to experts and astronomy teachers also.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • Observatoire de Genève, Sauverny, Switzerland

    D. Friedli, L. Martinet, D. Pfenniger

  • Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    R. C. Kennicutt

  • Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, USA

    F. Schweizer

  • Institute of Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

    J. E. Barnes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Galaxies: Interactions and Induced Star Formation

  • Book Subtitle: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 26. Lecture Notes 1996 Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

  • Authors: R. C. Kennicutt, F. Schweizer, J. E. Barnes

  • Editors: Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy, D. Friedli, L. Martinet, D. Pfenniger

  • Series Title: Saas-Fee Advanced Course

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31630-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-63569-7Published: 20 April 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08342-6Published: 04 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31630-5Published: 18 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1861-7980

  • Series E-ISSN: 1861-8227

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 405

  • Number of Illustrations: 164 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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