Galaxy Collisions : Forging New Worlds from Cosmic Crashes
Galaxy collisions are the key process in building galaxies, triggering the formation of stars and the build-up of heavy elements that allow the formation of planets and solar systems. This book presents the revolutionary research advances achieved in the last decade and lucidly explains the underlyi...
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| Materialtyp: | Livre numérique |
| Språk: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Upplaga: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Serie: | Popular Astronomy
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| Länkar: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Galaxy collisions, forging new worlds from cosmic crashes, Curtis Struck, New York, Springer, 2011, 1 vol. (285 p.), Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy, 978-0-387-85370-3 • Galaxy Collisions, Texte imprimé, 9780387853970 |
Innehållsförteckning:
- Preface Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Chapter1: Exploring the world of galaxies Chapter 2: Head-on collisions and rings of fire Chapter 3: Swinging on by: the tidal twists Chapter 4: Major mergers and their colossal consequences Chapter 5: What happens to the little guy: minor mergers Chapter 6: The secret of fire: triggered star formation Chapter 7: Not always in a galaxy far, far away Chapter 8: A wider view Chapter 9: Epilogue: the galacto-biology of collisions Glossary Resources Index.