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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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sauvage, Marc (Editor), Stasińska, G. (Editor), Schaerer, Daniel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media, [2002]
Subjects:
Galaxies > Evolution > Congresses.
Galaxies > Evolution.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introductory Session
  • 1. Star Information
  • 2. Nucleosynthesis and stellar Evolution
  • 3. Energy flows in the interstellar medium
  • 4. Environmental effects on galaxy evolution
  • 5. Primeval stars and galaxies
  • List of Participants
  • Author Index.