Gas Accretion onto Galaxies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fox, Andrew (Editor), Davé, Romeel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 430
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This edited volume presents the current state of gas accretion studies from both observational and theoretical perspectives, and charts our progress towards answering the fundamental yet elusive question of how galaxies get their gas. Understanding how galaxies form and evolve has been a central foc...