This book collects the review papers given at a symposium on Stellar Populations hosted by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland in May 1986. The reviewers present a comprehensive summary of our present understanding of stellar populations within galaxies. The material covered includes the initial mass function and star formation histories; the chemical history of galaxies, and their observed evolution as a function of redshift; stellar kinematics; and modelling of synthetic populations. The book is a valuable analysis of the role of stellar populations in determining galactic structure and evolution.
Table of contents:
Foreword; Preface; 1. Beatrice Muriel Tinsly - a dedication and appreciation J. E. Gunn; 2. Introduction and overview L. Searle; 3. The bulges of the galaxy and M31 J. Mould; 4. Kinematics of the local subdwarfs and the collapse of the galaxy A. Sandage; 5. Local group dwarf galaxies: the red stellar population M. Aaronson; 6. Globular clusters in the local group galaxies R. Zinn; 7. The initial mass function R. B. Larson; 8. Star formation histories of galactic disks R. C. Kennicutt; 9. Yield and abundance constraints on galactic chemical evolution J. W. Truran and F.-K. Thielemann; 10. Population synthesis in early type galaxies R. W. O'Connell; 11. The evolution of stellar populations in galaxies A. Oemler, Jr; 12. Spectral evolution of galaxies: a theoretical viewpoint A. Renzini; 13. Galaxy populations: structure and kinematics K. C. Freeman; 14. Concluding remarks J. Lequeux.
This book collects the review papers given at a symposium on Stellar Populations hosted by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland in May 1986. The book is a valuable analysis of the role of stellar populations in determining galactic structure and evolution.
Table of contents:
Foreword; Preface; 1. Beatrice Muriel Tinsly - a dedication and appreciation J. E. Gunn; 2. Introduction and overview L. Searle; 3. The bulges of the galaxy and M31 J. Mould; 4. Kinematics of the local subdwarfs and the collapse of the galaxy A. Sandage; 5. Local group dwarf galaxies: the red stellar population M. Aaronson; 6. Globular clusters in the local group galaxies R. Zinn; 7. The initial mass function R. B. Larson; 8. Star formation histories of galactic disks R. C. Kennicutt; 9. Yield and abundance constraints on galactic chemical evolution J. W. Truran and F.-K. Thielemann; 10. Population synthesis in early type galaxies R. W. O'Connell; 11. The evolution of stellar populations in galaxies A. Oemler, Jr; 12. Spectral evolution of galaxies: a theoretical viewpoint A. Renzini; 13. Galaxy populations: structure and kinematics K. C. Freeman; 14. Concluding remarks J. Lequeux.
This book collects the review papers given at a symposium on Stellar Populations hosted by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland in May 1986. The book is a valuable analysis of the role of stellar populations in determining galactic structure and evolution.