The evolution of galaxies. II, Basic building blocks /
Galaxies have a history. This has become clear from recent sky surveys which have shown that distant galaxies, formed early in the life of the Universe, differ from the nearby ones. New observational windows at ultraviolet, infrared and millimetric wavelengths (provided by ROSAT, IRAM, IUE, IRAS, IS...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Science+Business Media,
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| Summary: | Galaxies have a history. This has become clear from recent sky surveys which have shown that distant galaxies, formed early in the life of the Universe, differ from the nearby ones. New observational windows at ultraviolet, infrared and millimetric wavelengths (provided by ROSAT, IRAM, IUE, IRAS, ISO) have revealed that galaxies contain a wealth of components: very hot gas, atomic hydrogen, molecules, dust, dark matter ... A significant advance is expected due to new instruments (VLT, FIRST, XMM) which will allow one to explore the most distant Universe. Three Euroconferences have been planned to punctuate this new epoch in galactic research, bringing together specialists in various fields of Astronomy. |
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| Item Description: | "Reprinted from Astrophysics and space science, volume 281, nos. 1-2, 2002." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (562 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789401733113 9401733112 |