Galaxy Collisions Forging New Worlds from Cosmic Crashes /

• Main Author: Struck, Curtis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Galaxy collisions are the key process in building galaxies, triggering the formation of stars and the build-up of heavy elements that allow the formation of planets and solar systems. This book presents the revolutionary research advances achieved in the last decade and lucidly explains the underlyi...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of Illustrations
• Chapter1: Exploring the world of galaxies
• Chapter 2: Head-on collisions and rings of fire
• Chapter 3: Swinging on by: the tidal twists
• Chapter 4: Major mergers and their colossal consequences
• Chapter 5: What happens to the little guy: minor mergers
• Chapter 6: The secret of fire: triggered star formation
• Chapter 7: Not always in a galaxy far, far away
• Chapter 8: A wider view
• Chapter 9: Epilogue: the galacto-biology of collisions
• Glossary
• Resources
• Index.