Bibcode
Aparicio, Antonio; Herrero, Artemio; Sánchez, Francisco
Bibliographical reference
Stellar astrophysics for the local group : VIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics / edited by A. Aparicio, A. Herrero, F. Sanchez. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. (Cambridge contemporary astrophysics) QB799 .C36 1996 ($74.95)
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1998
Citations
8
Refereed citations
4
Description
With the recent advent of large, ground-based telescopes and space
telescopes, it is now possible to study in detail stars outside our
galaxy--in neighboring galaxies in the so-called Local Group. The VIII
Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics gathered leading experts
from around the world to review this exciting new area of
research--extragalactic stellar astrophysics. This volume presents eight
specially written articles based on the meeting, reviewing how the study
of stars in nearby galaxies can be used to understand stellar and
galactic structure and evolution in general. This book covers all
aspects of extragalactic stellar astrophysics: stellar physics, stellar
winds, stellar evolution, the use of photometric and spectroscopic
techniques for studying extragalactic stars, stellar populations,
chemical evolution, star formation histories and the calibration of the
extragalactic distance scale. It provides graduate students and
researchers with an invaluable introduction to and reference on the new
subject of extragalactic stellar astrophysics.