Old Stellar Populations: How to Study the Fossil Record of Galaxy Formation

Old Stellar Populations: How to Study the Fossil Record of Galaxy Formation Salaris Maurizio (Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK) ,Cassisi Santi (INAF Teramo Italy) Wydawca: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Data wydania: 2013 ISBN: 9783527410590 Liczba stron: 538 Format: 241 x 173 x 27 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: The book discusses the theoretical path to decoding the information gathered from observations of old stellar systems. It focuses on old stellar systems because these are the fossil record of galaxy formation and provide invaluable information ont he evolution of cosmic structures and the universe as a whole.