Probing Galaxy Evolution by Unveiling the Structure of Massive Galaxies Across Cosmic Time and in Diverse Environments
Awarded the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize, and with a foreword by thesis supervisor Professor Shardha Jogee at the University of Texas at Austin, this thesis discusses one of the primary outstanding problems in extragalactic astronomy: how galaxies form and evolve. G...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
Series: | Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Probing the Structure and Assembly of Nearby Field Spirals
- Exploring the Structure and Assembly of Galaxies at the Heart of the Coma Cluster
- Structure and Assembly of the Most Massive Galaxies Present a Few Gyr (z ~ 2 – 3) After the Big Bang
- Summary, Implications and Future Work