Stellar populations as building blocks of galaxies
Subtitle: proceedings of the 241th [i.e. 241st] Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in La Palma, Tenerife, Spain, December 10-16, 2006
By: edited by Alexandre Vazdekis and Reynier Peletier.
Contributors: Vazdekis, Alexandre.; Peletier, Reynier, 1962-
Series: IAU symposium proceedings series; IAU symposium and colloquium proceedings series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9780521863506
Subjects: Stars -- Populations -- Congresses; Galaxies -- Evolution -- Congresses; Galaxies -- Formation -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Model ingredients : stellar evolution models; title: Model ingredients : stellar spectral libraries; title: Initial mass function; title: Stellar population models; title: Stellar populations in the Milky Way; title: Resolved stellar populations in the local group; title: Stellar populations in early-type galaxies; title: Extragalactic globular cluster systems; title: Stellar populations in late-type galaxies; title: Stellar populations at higher redshifts; title: New observing facilities.