Struck, Curtis
Galaxy Collisions
Table of contents
1. Exploring the World of Galaxies
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2. Head-on collisions and rings of fire
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3. Swinging on by: the tidal twists
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4. Major mergers and their colossal consequences
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5. What happens to the little guy: minor mergers
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6. The secret of fire: triggered star formation
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7. Not Always in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
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8. A Wider View
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9. Epilogue: the galacto-biology of collisions
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Keywords: Popular Science, Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
- Author(s)
- Struck, Curtis
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2011
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Springer Praxis Books
- Page amount
- 15 pages
- Categories
- Natural Sciences
- Technology, Energy, Traffic
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780387853710
