Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems

. Ed(s): Kissler-Patig, Markus

ISBN 10: 3540404724 / ISBN 13: 9783540404729

Editore: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, 2003

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Editor(s): Kissler-Patig, Markus. Series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624. . 2003. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Codice articolo V9783540404729

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• Titolo: Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems
• Editore: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3540404724
• ISBN 13: 9783540404729
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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Dramatic progress is a trademark of the recent study of globular cluster systems. Considerations about the formation and evolution compose the first chapter, followed by a chapter on young star clusters. Then come four chapters reviewing the globular cluster system of early-type, late-type and dwarf galaxies, as well as of groups of galaxies. One chapter is dedicated to stellar population models and their applications to the field. Finally a chapter reviews the kinematics of galaxies derived from globular cluster systems and another their role in the context of galaxy formation and evolution studies. As a whole, the book gives an up-to-date view of the field at the beginning of the new decade, which will without doubt again bring significant progress in our understanding of globular cluster systems and galaxy formation and evolution.