The Evolution of Galaxies: II — Basic Building Blocks

Front Matter....Pages i-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Introduction....Pages 7-12
Galaxy Evolution: An Overview....Pages 13-23
Nucleosynthesis and Stellar Evolution....Pages 25-37
Dynamical Evolution Driven by Bars and Interactions: Input from Numerical Simulations....Pages 39-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Nearby Protoclusters as Laboratories for Understanding Star Formation on Galactic Scales....Pages 51-66
Toward Understanding the Formation of Molecular Clouds....Pages 67-70
On the Formation of Massive Primordial Stars....Pages 71-74
Formation of Massive Stars with High Accretion....Pages 75-78
New Models for Star Formation and Consequences on the Interstellar Medium....Pages 79-82
Star Formation from Large to Small Scales....Pages 83-96
On a Formation Scenario of Star Clusters....Pages 97-100
The Triggered Star Formation in Rotating Disks....Pages 101-104
Star Formation in NGC 4038/4039 as Seen in the NIR....Pages 105-108
Deriving Star Formation Histories: Evolutionary or Population Synthesis Codes Versus Color-Magnitude Diagrams....Pages 109-114
First Estimate of the Thick Disc Mass Function....Pages 115-118
Star Formation in the Outskirts of Disk Galaxies....Pages 119-122
NGC 3109: Halo/Disk Structures in Faint Galaxies....Pages 123-124
Galactic Globular Cluster Relative Ages: Clues on the Milky Way Formation and Evolution....Pages 125-126
The CO to H 2 Conversion Factor in Normal Late-Type Galaxies....Pages 127-128
Star Formation and Dust Extinction in Nearby Star Forming and Starburst Galaxies....Pages 129-130
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Environmental Effects on the Star Formation Mode in M82....Pages 131-132
Massive Stars in the SMC: A Spectroscopic Investigation of the IMF....Pages 133-134
How Efficient is Star Formation in Galaxies?....Pages 135-136
AGB Phase Transition in Globular Clusters: A Tool for Dating Starbursts....Pages 137-138
Physical and Chemical Structure of the Solar Type Protostar NGC1333-IRAS4....Pages 139-140
Radial Gradients of Abundances....Pages 141-142
The Embedded Super-Star Cluster of SBS 0335-052....Pages 143-144
A Study of 2MASS Low Surface Brightness Galaxies....Pages 145-146
From Local Star Formation to Global Star Formation....Pages 147-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Nucleosynthesis in Low and Intermediate Mass Stars — The Good, the Bad and the Unspoken....Pages 161-172
Final Stages of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis: What do We Know and What Would We Like to Know?....Pages 173-182
Primary Nitrogen Production at Low Z....Pages 183-186
Detecting the Progenitors of Core Collapse Supernovae....Pages 187-190
Massive Star Mergers: Induced Mixing and Nucleosynthesis....Pages 191-194
Tracing Cosmic-Rays and SNe with Be Abundances....Pages 195-198
Galactic Distribution of WR Stars....Pages 199-202
Uncertainties of Synthetic Population Models....Pages 203-206
Confidence Limits of Evolutionary Synthesis Models....Pages 207-210
PNe: The Key to Chemical Evolution in BCDGs....Pages 211-212
Abundance Anomalies in RGB Stars: Field vs GCs....Pages 213-214
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Interactions of Young Starbursts with their Environments: Realistic Ionizing Fluxes From 0.05 to 2 × Z ⨀ ....Pages 215-216
UVES Abundances of Stars in Nearby Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies....Pages 217-218
Galactic Evolution of 7 Li: Observational Clues for Models....Pages 219-220
The Site for R -Process Nucleosynthesis....Pages 221-222
What Properties of Star and Galaxy Evolution Depend on Metallicity Z ?....Pages 223-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Large Grains in Our and External Galaxies....Pages 233-242
Cold Dust and Very Cold Excess Emission in the Galaxy....Pages 243-246
The Low Metallicity ISM of Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 247-252
Abundance Gradients as a Tool for Understanding the Formation of the Milky Way....Pages 253-256
Metal Enrichment History of the Proto-Galactic Interstellar Medium....Pages 257-260
Metals from Star-Forming Dwarfs: Retention or Ejection?....Pages 261-266
Photoionized Regions around Supernova Remnants....Pages 267-270
X-Ray Spectro-Imagery of Supernova Remnants....Pages 271-274
Evaporation and Condensation of Giant Interstellar Clouds in a Hot-Gas Environment....Pages 275-280
A Large Scale Energy Source for Feeding ISM Turbulence in Spiral Galaxies....Pages 281-284
On the Origin of Galactic Magnetic Fields....Pages 285-288
The Dynamical Coupling of Cosmic Rays and Magnetic Field in Galactic Disks....Pages 289-292
3D Numerical Models of Magnetic Field Evolution in Galaxies Interacting with the ICM....Pages 293-296
Chemodynamical Modelling of Galaxy Formation and Evolution....Pages 297-300
Chemodynamical Evolution of Galaxies....Pages 301-304
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
The Formation of a Disk Galaxy within a Slowly Growing Dark Halo....Pages 305-308
Dynamical Analysis of Disks from Deva....Pages 309-312
Exchange Processes in a Multi-Phase ISM....Pages 313-314
Chemical and Dynamical Evolution of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 315-316
Chemical Evolution in Simulations of Galaxy Formation....Pages 317-318
A Scenario for the Ionization of the Diffuse ISM in Galaxies and the IGM in Clusters....Pages 319-320
The SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey....Pages 321-322
Can Stellar Winds Account for Temperature Fluctuations?....Pages 323-324
Simulations of Gas Flow from a Galactic Disk towards the Black-Hole Accretion Disk....Pages 325-326
Starbursts and their Consequences: The Case of NGC 1569....Pages 327-328
Evolution of Hydromagnetic Disturbances in Low Ionized Cosmic Plasmas....Pages 329-330
The Warm Molecular Gas in the Galactic Center....Pages 331-332
The Ionized Gas in the Galactic Center Radio Arc....Pages 333-334
The Evolution of Emission Lines in HII Galaxies as a Probe of Interaction between Stellar and Interstellar Component....Pages 335-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
The Evolution of Disk Galaxies in Clusters....Pages 339-342
Star-Forming Galaxies in Dense Environments....Pages 343-346
Mass Loss from Galaxies: Feeding the IGM, Recycling in the IGM....Pages 347-350
Signatures of Galaxy Mergers in the Milky Way: Here, There and Everywhere....Pages 351-354
Merging Massive Star Clusters as Building Blocks of Dwarf Galaxies?....Pages 355-358
The Effects of Ram Pressure Stripping on Cluster Galaxies....Pages 359-362
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Probing the Formation and Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies: The SAURON Project....Pages 363-366
Stellar Populations in Bulges of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 367-370
The Epochs of Early-Type Galaxy Formation....Pages 371-374
Building Blocks of the Most Luminous Galaxies....Pages 375-378
Star Formation in Violent and Normal Evolutionary Phases....Pages 379-382
Chemodynamical Evolution of Interacting Galaxies....Pages 383-388
Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies in Compact Groups for a Sample of 31 Groups....Pages 389-392
GHASP: A 3-D Survey of Spiral and Irregular Galaxies at H α ....Pages 393-396
Tidal Dwarf Galaxies in the Stephan’s Quintet?....Pages 397-400
The Velocity Field of UGC 6697 Revisited....Pages 401-404
Minor Mergers of Galaxies: Theory and Observations....Pages 405-406
On-Going Galaxy Formation....Pages 407-408
Magnetic Fields in Cluster and Interacting Galaxies....Pages 409-410
Dark Matter Haloes in Interacting Isolated Galaxy Pairs: The Importance of the H α Rotation Curve....Pages 411-414
Warm Dark Matter and the Missing Satellites Problem....Pages 415-416
Merger-Induced Starbursts....Pages 417-418
The H α Luminosity Functions of Nearby Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 419-420
Galactic Cannibalism: The Origin of the Magellanic Stream....Pages 421-422
Spiral Galaxies with and without an AGN: Morphology and Kinematics....Pages 423-424
Old Stellar Populations in NGC 5128....Pages 425-426
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Are Isolated Galaxies Boring?....Pages 427-428
What Controls the Star Formation Rate in Galaxies?....Pages 429-438
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Star Formation and Clustering in the Hubble Deep Field....Pages 441-444
Galaxy Evolution in the Northern HDF....Pages 445-448
Are Galaxies Shy?....Pages 449-452
The Nature of Submillimetre Galaxies....Pages 453-456
On the Link between Disk-Galaxies and Damped Lyman- α Systems....Pages 457-460
MS 1512-cB58: A Case Study of Star Formation, Metal Enrichment and Superwinds in Lyman Break Galaxies....Pages 461-466
Molecular Hydrogen in High Redshift Damped Lyman- α Systems....Pages 467-470
The Basic Building Blocks of Galaxies....Pages 471-474
On the Expected Properties and Observational Prospects of Population III Objects....Pages 475-478
The Collapse of Primordial Stars: Importance of Radiation....Pages 479-482
Metal Dispersal and the Number of Population III Stars....Pages 483-486
From Old Globular Clusters to Early Structures in the Universe: The Formation of Old, Metal-Poor Halos around Early-Type Galaxies....Pages 487-492
Cosmological Evolution of Supergiant Star-Forming Clouds....Pages 493-496
The Connection between Spheroidal Galaxies and QSOs....Pages 497-500
Modelling the Merging History of Binary SMBHs in Hierarchical Models of Galaxy Formation....Pages 501-504
Galics: Capturing the Panchromaticity of Galaxies....Pages 505-508
The Evolution of the Galaxy Luminosity Function: Theoretical Predictions vs. Observations....Pages 509-514
Primordial Galaxy Formation and IGM Reionization....Pages 515-518
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
CDM, Feedback and the Hubble Sequence....Pages 519-524
Low-Redshift Galaxies in the Infrared and Submillimetre....Pages 525-526
HST Imaging of an Old Galaxy Group at Z = 1.55....Pages 527-528
Near-IR Integral Field Spectroscopy of High-z Galaxies....Pages 529-530
Spectromorphology....Pages 531-532
Dark Matter and Chemical Evolution of dSph Galaxies....Pages 533-534
A Database of Galaxies at High Redshifts....Pages 535-536
Galaxy Evolution Tool: Construction and Applications....Pages 537-538
The FORS Deep Field: Photometry, Photometric Redshifts and First Spectroscopic Results....Pages 539-540
The Galaxy Population at Intermediate Redshifts Using STIS Parallel Fields....Pages 541-542
Nature and Properties of Sub-DLAs (Absorbers with 10 19 ≤ N(HI) ≤ 2 * 10 20 CM −2 )....Pages 543-544
Assembling Isolated Galaxies....Pages 545-546
Study of Evolution of Radio Galaxies at 151.6 MHz Using the Mauritius Radio Telescope (MRT)....Pages 547-548
The Nature of Submm-Detected Galaxies....Pages 549-550
Back Matter....Pages 551-562