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Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution [electronic resource] : Proceedings of Symposium 3 of JENAM 2010 / edited by Polychronis Papaderos, Simone Recchi, Gerhard Hensler.

Contributor(s): Series: Astrophysics and Space Science ProceedingsPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: XXII, 346 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783642220180
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 520 23
LOC classification:
  • QB1-991
  • QB460-466
  • QB980-991
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I General Properties of Dwarf Galaxies -- Part II Dwarf GalaxyModels -- Part III Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group -- Part IV Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies -- Part V Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies -- Part VI Dwarf Galaxies and their Environment.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 wavelength 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.
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Part I General Properties of Dwarf Galaxies -- Part II Dwarf GalaxyModels -- Part III Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group -- Part IV Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies -- Part V Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies -- Part VI Dwarf Galaxies and their Environment.

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 wavelength 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.

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