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...

Table of Contents:

• 1.An Introduction to Gas Accretion onto Galaxies
• 2.Gas Accretion onto the Milky Way
• 3.Neutral Gas Accretion onto Nearby Galaxies
• 4.Gas Accretion and Star Formation Rates
• 5.Gas Accretion Traced in Absorption in Galaxy Spectroscopy
• 6.Gas Accretion via Lyman Limit Systems
• 7.Gas Accretion in Star-Forming Galaxies
• 8.The Circumgalactic Medium in Massive Halos
• 9.Gas Accretion and Giant Lya Nebulae
• 10.Gas Accretion and Galactic Chemical Evolution: Theory and Observations
• 11.Gas Accretion and Angular Momentum
• 12.Observational Diagnostics of Gas Flows: Insights from Cosmological Simulations
• 13.The Effect of Galactic Feedback on Gas Accretion and Wind Recycling
• 14.Gas Accretion via Condensation and Fountains
• 15.Gas Accretion and Star-Formation Rates with IFUs and Background Quasars.