The formation of galactic bulges

"Bulges lie at the center of spiral galaxies. Until recently, they were thought to host uniquely old stellar populations and thus provide a key for understanding galaxy formation. Recent observations from the ground and space have drastically changed our view on the nature of bulges and shown that they can also contain dust, gas, and star-forming regions. This timely volume presents review articles by a panel of international experts who gathered at a conference at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, to address several fundamental questions: What is a bulge? When and how did bulges form? And, on what timescales?"--Jacket.

שנה

2000

שפה

English

הוצאה

Cambridge University Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

207

ISBN

9780521663342

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata