Planets, stars and stellar systems. Volume 5, Galactic structure and stellar populations /

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Oswalt, Terry D.; Gilmore, Gerry
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Dordrecht ; New York :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Springer reference
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5612-0
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
ISBN: 9789400756120 (electronic bk.)
9400756127 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: QB857
CLC: P156
Contents: Stellar Populations /
Chemical Abundances as Population Tracers /
Metal-Poor Stars and the Chemical Enrichment of the Universe /
The Stellar and Sub-Stellar Initial Mass Function of Simple and Composite Populations /
The Galactic Nucleus /
The Galactic Bulge /
Open Clusters and Their Role in the Galaxy /
Star Counts and Nature of the Galactic Thick Disk /
The Infrared Galaxy /
Interstellar PAHs and Dust /
Galactic Neutral Hydrogen /
High-Velocity Clouds /
Magnetic Fields in Galaxies /
Astrophysics of Galactic Charged Cosmic Rays /
Gamma-Ray Emission of Supernova Remnants and the Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays /
Galactic Distance Scales /
Globular Cluster Dynamical Evolution /
Dynamics of Disks and Warps /
Mass Distribution and Rotation Curve in the Galaxy /
Dark Matter in the Galactic Dwarf Spheroidal Satellites /