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      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Introduction

      5  1 The Classification of Galaxies 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Classes of galaxies 1.3. Elliptical galaxies 1.4. Spiral galaxies 1.5. S0 galaxies 1.6. Magellanic spiral and irregular galaxies 1.7. Dwarf elliptical, S0, and spheroidal galaxies 1.8. Edge-on galaxies 1.9. Morphology of interacting and merging galaxies 1.10. General properties along the CVRHS sequence 1.11. Other approaches to galaxy classification 1.12. Interpretations of morphology 1.13. Artificial galaxies and the future of galaxy classification 1.14. References

      6  2 Our Galaxy, the Milky Way 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Baryonic discs and their spiral structure 2.3. The central kiloparsecs: the bar and the bulge 2.4. The stellar halo 2.5. On the dark matter content and shape, as inferred from rotation curves and stellar streams 2.6. Dissecting the global structure: stellar kinematics, abundances and ages 2.7. Reconstructing the Milky Way evolution 2.8. Perspectives 2.9. References

      7  3 Early-type Galaxies 3.1. Introduction 3.2. General properties: components and morphology 3.3. Zoom on the stellar component 3.4. Dynamics of ETGs 3.5. Formation and evolution processes 3.6. Conclusion 3.7. References

      8  4 Spiral Galaxies 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Blue and red galaxies: quenching star formation 4.3. Spiral galaxies: density waves or not? 4.4. Bars: drivers of evolution 4.5. Environment of spiral galaxies 4.6. Conclusion 4.7. References

      9  5 Galaxy Mergers and Interactions through Cosmic Time 5.1. Introduction 5.2. The physics of merging 5.3. The merger history of galaxies 5.4. The added value of mergers 5.5. Summary 5.6. Acknowledgments 5.7. References

      10  6 Cosmic Evolution of Galaxies 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Characteristics of galaxies used to define their cosmic evolution 6.3. Starbursts, secular evolution and universality of star formation 6.4. Detection of distant galaxies 6.5. Cosmic history of galaxies 6.6. Origin of the cosmic history of galaxies 6.7. Conclusion 6.8. References

      11  List of Authors

      12  Author Biographies

      13  Index

      14  End User License Agreement

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1. The Hubble (1936) “tuning fork” representation of galaxy morphologyСкачать книгу