Galactic Bulges

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Laurikainen, Eija (Editor), Peletier, Reynier (Editor), Gadotti, Dimitri (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 418
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This book consists of invited reviews on Galactic Bulges written by experts in the field. A central point of the book is that, while in the standard picture of galaxy formation a significant amount of the baryonic mass is expected to reside in classical bulges, the question what is the fraction of g...