The origin of the galaxy and local group : Saas-Fee Advanced Course 37 / Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Kenneth Freeman, Francesca Matteucci ; Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy ; edited by B. Moore.

Heidelberg : Springer, 2014.

ix, 231 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

This volume contains the updated and expanded lecture notes of the 37th Saas-Fee Advanced Course organised by the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy. It offers the most comprehensive and up to date review of one of the hottest research topics in astrophysics - how our Milky Way galaxy formed.

English

March 10, 2015

Includes bibliographical references and index.