Galaxy Scaling Relations: Origins, Evolution and Applications - Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 18-20 November 1996 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997)

At close inspection every galaxy appears to have its own individuality.A galaxy can be warped, lop-sided, doubly-nucleated, boxy or disky, ... in its own specific, peculiar way. Hence, for a complete description, galaxy taxonomy may ask for finer and finer classification schemes. However, for some applications it may be more fruitful to let details aside and focus on some global properties of galaxies. One is then seeking to measure just a few quantities for each galaxy, a minimum set of globalobservables that yet captures some essential aspect of these objects. One very successful example of this approach is offered by the scaling rela tions of galaxies, the subject of the international workshop held at ESO head quarters in Garching on November 19-21, 1996. Discovered in the late 1970's, the Tully-Fisher relation for the spirals and the Faber-Jackson relation, or its more recent version the Fundamental Plane, for ellipticals have now become flourishing fields of astronomical research in their own right, as well as being widely used tools for a broad range of astronomical investigations. The work shop was designed to address three key issues on galaxy scaling relations, i.e., their Origins, Evolution, and Applications in astronomy. The Origins of galaxy scaling relations still escape our full understanding."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	ESO Astrophysics Symposia
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	1997
Editors:	Luiz N. Dacosta • Alvio Renzini
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	404
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
ISBN-13:	978-3-662-21934-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics
LSN:	3-662-21934-4
Barcode:	9783662219348

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