Reviews in Modern Astronomy: Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Structures, Volume 21

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Reviews in Modern Astronomy: Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Structures, Volume 21

Editor(s): Siegfried Röser

Published Online: 24 SEP 2010

Print ISBN: 9783527409105

Online ISBN: 9783527629190

DOI: 10.1002/9783527629190

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This 21st volume in the series contains 15 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the 2008 International Scientific Conference of the German Astronomical Society on the topic of "New Challenges to European Astronomy", held in Vienna, Austria.

The papers discuss a wide range of hot topics, including cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics gravitational waves, extragalactic and stellar astronomy -- together representing the roadmap for modern astrophysical research.

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      Front Matter (pages I–XI)

    2. Signals From the Epoch of Cosmological Recombination (pages 1–38)

      Rashid Sunyaev and Jens Chluba

    3. Complexity in small-scale dwarf spheroidal galaxies (pages 39–69)

      Andreas Koch

    4. The current status of MOND (pages 71–86)

      R. H. Sanders

    5. Modeling the High-z Universe: Probing Galaxy Formation (pages 87–95)

      Sadegh Khochfar

    6. Evolution of Massive Stars along the Cosmic History (pages 97–126)

      Georges Meynet, Sylvia Ekström, Cyril Georgy, Cristina Chiappini and André Maeder

    7. Cosmic Evolution of Stellar Disc Truncations: 0 ≤ z ≤ 1 (pages 127–140)

      John E. Beckman, Ruymán Azzollini and Ignacio Trujillo

    8. Star Formation from Spitzer (Lyman) to Spitzer (Space Telescope) and Beyond (pages 141–146)

      João Alves and Virginia Trimble

    9. Catastrophism versus Uniformitarianism in the History of Star Formation (pages 147–155)

      Virginia Trimble

    10. The Early Years: Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and the Physics of Star Formation (pages 157–181)

      Bruce G. Elmegreen

    11. What cluster gas expulsion can tell us about star formation, cluster environment and galaxy evolution (pages 183–197)

      Geneviève Parmentier

    12. The high mass end of extragalactic globular clusters (pages 199–213)

      Michael Hilker

    13. Solar System Formation (pages 215–227)

      Aurélien Crida

    14. Solar Space Missions: present and future (pages 229–248)

      Sami K. Solanki and Eckart Marsch

    15. Women in (European) Astronomy (pages 249–261)

      Meg Urry

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      Index of Contributors (page 263)

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      General Table of Contents (pages 265–278)

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      General Index of Contributors (pages 279–283)

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