Tidal Streams in the Local Group and Beyond Observations and Implications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Newberg, Heidi Jo (Editor), Carlin, Jeffrey L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 420
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This volume is written by leading scientists in the field, who review the current state of our knowledge of tidal streams in the Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy, and in other nearby galaxies.  The cosmological origins of dwarf galaxies and the physical processes by which they are tidally disrupted i...