Ferreras, I;
(2019)
Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Discovery.
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
Galaxies, along with their underlying dark matter halos, constitute the building blocks of structure in the Universe. Of all fundamental forces, gravity is the dominant one that drives the evolution of structures from small density seeds at early times to the galaxies we see today. The interactions among myriads of stars, or dark matter particles, in a gravitating structure produce a system with fascinating connotations to thermodynamics, with some analogies and some fundamental differences. Ignacio Ferreras presents a concise introduction to extragalactic astrophysics, with emphasis on stellar dynamics, and the growth of density fluctuations in an expanding Universe. Additional chapters are devoted to smaller systems (stellar clusters) and larger ones (galaxy clusters). Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution is written for advanced undergraduates and beginning postgraduate students, providing a useful tool to get up to speed in a starting research career. Some of the derivations for the most important results are presented in detail to enable students appreciate the beauty of maths as a tool to understand the workings of galaxies. Each chapter includes a set of problems to help the student advance with the material.
| Type: | Book |
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| Title: | Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Discovery |
| ISBN-13: | 9781911307617 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781911307617 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781911307617 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Ignacio Ferreras, 2019 Images © Copyright holders named in captions, 2019 This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Attribution should include the following information: Ferreras, I. 2019. Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution. London, UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781911307617 Further details about Creative Commons licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Any third-party material in this book is published under the book’s Creative Commons license unless indicated otherwise in the credit line to the material. If you would like to re-use any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons license, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. |
| Keywords: | galaxy formation, astrophysics, galaxy clusters |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10070632 |
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