Ferreras, Ignacio,

Fundamentals of galaxy dynamics, formation and evolution / Ignacio Ferreras. - 1 online resource (xvi, 181 pages : illustrations)

This book is issued under a Creative Commons 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to galaxy formation -- The classical theory of gravitation -- A statistical treatment of stellar systems -- Understanding our galaxy -- Specific aspects of disc and elliptical galaxies -- Galactic chemical enrichment -- The growth of density fluctuations -- Small stellar systems : stellar clusters -- Large stellar systems : galaxy clusters.


Electronic reproduction.
London :
UCL Press,
2019.
Available in PDF format.
Description based on contents viewed 7 May 2019.

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Galaxies--Formation.
Galactic dynamics.
Galaxies--Evolution.