This volume presents a multi-disciplinary approach to the physical mechanisms which structure the shape, evolution and fate of the Galaxy. It contains 4 panel sessions (the recording transcripts of the galactic 'tertulias'), an introductory historical overview on the Galaxy research, 17 reviews, and the proceedings of more than 50 oral and poster contributions. This book is not a new edition of a previous volume but it is in some way related to the book "The Formation of the Milky Way" (1995; Cambridge University Press), which contains the proceedings of the first IAA-IAC-University of Pisa meeting, held in Granada ten years ago, on the formation of the Milky Way, (see Shore’s introduction). Where many other books focus their attention on singular galactic components or specific driving forces, this title provides a wide overview on the gaseous and stellar components and on the physical mechanisms which maintain the dynamical equilibrium of such a complex system as the Galaxy. The book, intended for graduate students and researchers, provides a valuable overview on the different physical mechanisms which drive the galactic gas-stars feedback.
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Galileo first described the Milky Way as a resolved (and resolvable) stellar system in 1610, in his Siderius Nuncius, reporting the discovery of a seemingly endless sequence progressively fainter stars in every field he examined. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ionizational equilibrium, red clump giants, local cavity, diffuse ionized gas, beam depolarization, local bubble, photoionization models, radio halos, midplane position, galactic midplane, warm ionized medium, interstellar bubbles, galactic fountain, intermediate age stars, radio supernovae, infall timescales, warm ionized gas, regular magnetic field, galactic bar, young stellar clusters, local chimney, emission line ratios, absorption line studies, galactic dynamo, dynamo equation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Mac Low, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Local Group, Don Cox, University of Wisconsin, Magellanic Stream, Local Fluff, San Francisco, Cambridge Univ, Cygnus Loop, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, Hat Creek, Jon Slavin, Magellanic Clouds, New York, Cygnus Arm, Fusi Pecci, Local Hot Bubble, Monte Carlo, National Science Foundation, References Avillez, Robin Shelton, Southern Galactic Plane Survey, Steve Tufte New!
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Galileo first described the Milky Way as a resolved (and resolvable) stellar system in 1610, in his Siderius Nuncius, reporting the discovery of a seemingly endless sequence progressively fainter stars in every field he examined. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ionizational equilibrium, red clump giants, local cavity, diffuse ionized gas, beam depolarization, local bubble, photoionization models, radio halos, midplane position, galactic midplane, warm ionized medium, interstellar bubbles, galactic fountain, intermediate age stars, radio supernovae, infall timescales, warm ionized gas, regular magnetic field, galactic bar, young stellar clusters, local chimney, emission line ratios, absorption line studies, galactic dynamo, dynamo equation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Mac Low, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Local Group, Don Cox, University of Wisconsin, Magellanic Stream, Local Fluff, San Francisco, Cambridge Univ, Cygnus Loop, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, Hat Creek, Jon Slavin, Magellanic Clouds, New York, Cygnus Arm, Fusi Pecci, Local Hot Bubble, Monte Carlo, National Science Foundation, References Avillez, Robin Shelton, Southern Galactic Plane Survey, Steve Tufte New!
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- Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume 256) by Andre Heck on 5 pages
- Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) by E. Bouton on page 23 (1), and page 23 (2)
- Information Handling in Astronomy (Astrophysics and Space Science Library Volume 250) by Andre Heck in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in Astrophysics (Lecture Notes in Physics) by Edith Falgarone on page 346, and page 355
- The Solar System (with AceAstronomy™, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card) by Michael A. Seeds in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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