Bringing together theorists, observers and instrumentation specialists, IAU Symposium 311 provides an overview of the techniques used to measure the masses of stars, gas and dark matter in galaxies, and explores what these mass determinations tell us about galaxy evolution. A key advance in recent years has been the enrichment of studies of the luminosity evolution of galaxies with determinations of their stellar or total masses from dynamical analyses using stellar populations, stellar or gaseous dynamical models, and weak or strong lensing. This volume addresses some of the fundamental questions in the field: what key observables can be robustly reproduced by the models? How should existing and new instrumentation be optimized for galaxy evolution studies? And, what future observations would be most useful to constrain the models? IAU S311 offers a valuable insight into this rapidly developing and interdisciplinary area of study, for researchers and graduate students.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781107078697
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212862195
Product Key Features
Author
Michele Cappellari, Stephane Courteau
Publication Name
Galaxy Masses As Constraints of Formation Models (Iau S311)
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Astronomy, Physics
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
172 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
255mm
Item Width
178mm
Item Weight
440g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia