Probing galaxy evolution by unveiling the structure of massive galaxies across cosmic time and in diverse environments /

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Author / Creator:Weinzirl, Timothy, author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2014]
©2015
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Springer Theses, 2190-5053
Springer theses,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11086565
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ISBN:9783319069593
3319069594
9783319069586
Notes:"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Texas at Austin, USA."
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 1, 2014).
Summary:Awarded the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize, and with a foreword by thesis supervisor Professor Shardha Jogee at the University of Texas at Austin, this thesis discusses one of the primary outstanding problems in extragalactic astronomy: how galaxies form and evolve. Galaxies consist of two fundamental kinds of structure: rotationally supported disks and spheroidal/triaxial structures supported by random stellar motions. Understanding the balance between these galaxy components is vital to comprehending the relative importance of the different mechanisms (galaxy.
Other form:Print version: Weinzirl, Tim. Probing Galaxy Evolution by Unveiling the Structure of Massive Galaxies Across Cosmic Time and in Diverse Environments. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2014 9783319069586
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-06959-3