Tidal Streams in the Local Group and Beyond Observations and Implica
This volume is written by leading scientists in the field, who review the current state of our knowledge of tidal streams in the Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy, and in other nearby galaxies. The cosmological origins of dwarf galaxies and the physic
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Heidi Jo Newberg Jeffrey L. Carlin Editors
Tidal Streams in the Local Group and Beyond Observations and Implications
Astrophysics and Space Science Library Volume 420 Editorial Board Chairman W.B. Burton, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, USA ([email protected]); University of Leiden, The Netherlands ([email protected]) F. Bertola, University of Padua, Italy C.J. Cesarsky, Commission for Atomic Energy, Saclay, France P. Ehrenfreund, Leiden University, The Netherlands O. Engvold, University of Oslo, Norway A. Heck, Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France E.P.J. Van Den Heuvel, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands V.M. Kaspi, McGill University, Montreal, Canada J.M.E. Kuijpers, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands H. Van Der Laan, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands P.G. Murdin, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK B.V. Somov, Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia R.A. Sunyaev, Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
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Editors Heidi Jo Newberg Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY, USA
Jeffrey L. Carlin Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY, USA
ISSN 0067-0057 ISSN 2214-7985 (electronic) Astrophysics and Space Science Library ISBN 978-3-319-19335-9 ISBN 978-3-319-19336-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-19336-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015956760 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: The “Field of Streams” (after Belokurov, V., Zucker, D.B., Evans, N.W. et al., 2006, ApJL, 642, L137 as reproduced with more recent data by Matthew Newby) shows the density of
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