This is volume 5 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a
six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research, covering
subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary
astronomy. This volume on Galactic Structure and Stellar
Populations, edited by Gerard F. Gilmore, presents accessible
review chapters on Stellar Populations, Chemical Abundances as
Population Tracers, Metal-Poor Stars and the Chemical Enrichment of
the Universe, The Stellar and Sub-Stellar Initial Mass Function of
Simple and Composite Populations, The Galactic Nucleus, The
Galactic Bulge, Open Clusters and Their Role in the Galaxy, Star
Counts and the Nature of Galactic Thick Disk, The Infrared Galaxy,
Interstellar PAHs and Dust, Galactic Neutral Hydrogen,
High-Velocity Clouds, Magnetic Fields in Galaxies, Astrophysics of
Galactic Charged Cosmic Rays, Gamma-Ray Emission of Supernova
Remnants and the Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays, Galactic Distance
Scales, Globular Cluster Dynamical Evolution, Dynamics of Disks and
Warps, Mass Distribution and Rotation Curve in the Galaxy, Dark
Matter in the GalacticDwarf Spheroidal Satellites, and History of
Dark Matter in Galaxies.
All chapters of the handbook were written by practicing
professionals. They include sufficient background material and
references to the current literature to allow readers to learn
enough about a specialty within astronomy, astrophysics and
cosmology to get started on their own practical research projects.
In the spirit of the series Stars and Stellar Systems published by
Chicago University Press in the 1960s and 1970s, each chapter of
Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems can stand on its own as a
fundamental review of its respective sub-discipline, and each
volume can be used as a textbook or recommended reference work for
advanced undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Advanced students
and professional astronomers in their roles as both lecturers and
researchers will welcome Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems as a
comprehensive and pedagogical reference work on astronomy,
astrophysics and cosmology.
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