Rediscovering Our Galaxy (Iau S334)

ISBN-13: 9781107192348 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 500 str.

Cristina Chiappini; Ivan Minchev; Else Starkenburg

Opis

Presents a summary of the astrometric, spectroscopic and photometric surveys that will unveil Milky Way's inner- and outermost regions.

Spis treści

1. Tracers of the oldest Milky Way fossil records and Halo Assembly; 2. Disentangling mixed populations in the central regions of the Milky Way; 3. Galactic disks – chemodynamical properties and models; 4. Towards ages: Gaia DR1, asteroseismology, and precise abundances; 5. Stellar evolution models and stellar yields; 6. Milky Way potential and disk dynamics; 7. Cosmological simulations of Milky-Way-like galaxies; 8. Challenges in data and modeling; 9. Future outlook.