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Stellar populations : planning for the next decade : proceedings of the 262th [i.e. 262nd] Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, August 3-7, 2009 / edited by Gustavo Bruzual A. and Stephane Charlot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: IAU symposium and colloquium proceedings seriesPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: 460 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780521764841 (hbk.)
  • 052176484X (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Proceedings of the 262nd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB 819 .I5
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available via the World Wide Web.
Incomplete contents:
Physics of stellar populations -- Spectral evolution models -- Milky Way and the local group -- Early- and late-type galaxies -- Lessons from large surveys -- Galaxy formation -- The next decade -- Posters.
Summary: IAU Symposium 262 presents reviews on the current understanding of the theories of stellar evolution, galaxy formation and galaxy evolution. It emphasises what we have learned in the past few years from massive surveys covering large portions of the sky (e.g. SDSS, HDF, UDF, GOODS, COSMOS). Several critical aspects of research on stellar populations deserve further effort in order to be brought in tune with other areas of astrophysical research. The next ten years will see the opening of major observatories that will increase the quality and quantity of astronomical data by orders of magnitude. The expected benefits from these instruments for the study of stellar populations are explored. This critical review of state of the art observational and theoretical work will appeal to all those working on stellar populations, from distant galaxies to local resolved galaxies and galactic star clusters.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physics of stellar populations -- Spectral evolution models -- Milky Way and the local group -- Early- and late-type galaxies -- Lessons from large surveys -- Galaxy formation -- The next decade -- Posters.

IAU Symposium 262 presents reviews on the current understanding of the theories of stellar evolution, galaxy formation and galaxy evolution. It emphasises what we have learned in the past few years from massive surveys covering large portions of the sky (e.g. SDSS, HDF, UDF, GOODS, COSMOS). Several critical aspects of research on stellar populations deserve further effort in order to be brought in tune with other areas of astrophysical research. The next ten years will see the opening of major observatories that will increase the quality and quantity of astronomical data by orders of magnitude. The expected benefits from these instruments for the study of stellar populations are explored. This critical review of state of the art observational and theoretical work will appeal to all those working on stellar populations, from distant galaxies to local resolved galaxies and galactic star clusters.

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