One of the most fascinating unresolved problems of modern
astrophysics is how the galaxies we observe today were formed. The
Lambda-Cold Dark Matter paradigm predicts that large spiral
galaxies such as the Milky Way formed through accretion and tidal
disruption of satellite galaxies. The galaxies of the Local Group
provide the best laboratory in which to investigate these galaxy
formation processes because they can be studied with sufficiently
high resolution to exhume fossils of galactic evolution embedded in
the spatial distribution, kinematics, and chemical abundances of
their oldest stars. Based on the twentieth Winter School of the
Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics, this volume provides a
firm grounding for graduate students and early career researchers
working on Local Group cosmology. It presents modules from eight
eminent and experienced scientists at the forefront of Local Group
research, and includes overviews of observational techniques,
diagnostic tools, and various theoretical models.
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