Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wada, Keiichi (Editor), Combes, Françoise (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
• Physical Description: XII, 400 p. 103 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9780387727684
• ISSN: 1570-6591

This is a proceedings book of the symposium "Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies" held on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, on June 25 – 30, 2006. The symposium focused on mapping the interstellar media and other components in galaxies. Latest results of the following main topics are presented in the volume: Our Galaxy -- mass distribution, local ISM, supermassive black holes and their environments Central part of nearby galaxies -- ISM around starbursts, fueling mechanisms Nearby Galaxies -- molecular gas and star formation, gas dynamics Galactic environment and evolution -- formation of our Galaxy, origin of supermassive black holes The nature of the Dark Matter component -- effects on the internal structures of galaxies.