Editors:
- Contains 20 review articles and over 75 invited papers by top scientists
- Focus on longevity of the bar phenomenon, the duty cycle of bars, bars at high redshift, the secular evolution of galaxies, galaxy disks as open systems...and much more
- Includes unique historical perspectives by Dr. Allan Sandage and a 90-minute panel discussion, transcribed from tape
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 319)
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Table of contents (85 papers)
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
David L. Block, Robert Groess
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Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico
Ivânio Puerari
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The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Kenneth C. Freeman
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Rand Afrikaans University (Soweto), South Africa
Elizabeth K. Block
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Penetrating Bars through Masks of Cosmic Dust
Book Subtitle: The Hubble Tuning Fork strikes a New Note
Editors: David L. Block, Ivânio Puerari, Kenneth C. Freeman, Robert Groess, Elizabeth K. Block
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2862-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2861-8Published: 29 November 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-7085-5Published: 04 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2862-5Published: 17 April 2013
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 881
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Particle and Nuclear Physics
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