The Origin of the Galaxy and Local Group Saas-Fee Advanced Course 37
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 topi
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Joss Bland-Hawthorn Kenneth Freeman Francesca Matteucci
The Origin of the Galaxy and Local Group
Saas-Fee Advanced Course 37
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The Origin of the Galaxy and Local Group Saas-Fee Advanced Course 37 Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy Edited by B. Moore
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Joss Bland-Hawthorn Sydney Institute for Astronomy University of Sydney Sydney, NSW Australia Kenneth Freeman Australian National University Australian Capital Territory, ACT Australia
Francesca Matteucci Astronomy Department Trieste University Osservatorio Astronomico (INAF) Trieste Italy Volume Editor Ben Moore Institute for Theoretical Physics University of Zürich Zürich Switzerland
This Series is edited on behalf of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy: Société Suisse d’Astrophysique et d’Astronomie Observatoire de Genève, ch. des Maillettes 51, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland Cover Illustration: The cover image shows the Andromeda galaxy superimposed over the Mönch, 4107 m (not to scale). This was the view from the Saas Fee school in Mürren, photographed by Ben Moore. The image of Andromeda is from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A Andromeda_Galaxy_(with_h-alpha).jpg, by Adam Evans [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons.
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