STUDYING DISTANT GALAXIES: A HANDBOOK OF METHODS AND ANALYSES
Book ID/图书代码： 14600017B99151
English Summary/英文概要： Distant galaxies encapsulate the various stages of galaxy evolution and formation from over 95% of the development of the universe. As early as twenty-five years ago, little was known about them, however since the first systematic survey was completed in the 1990s, increasing amounts of resources have been devoted to their discovery and research. This book summarises for the first time the numerous techniques used for observing, analysing, and understanding the evolution and formation of these distant galaxies.
In this rapidly expanding research field, this text is an every-day companion handbook for graduate students and active researchers. It provides guidelines in sample selection, imaging, integrated spectroscopy and 3D spectroscopy, which help to avoid the numerous pitfalls of observational and analysis techniques in use in extragalactic astronomy. It also paves the way for establishing relations between fundamental properties of distant galaxies. At each step, the reader is assisted with numerous practical examples and ready-to-use methodology to help understand and analyse research.
François Hammer worked initially in general relativity and made the first modelling of gravitational lenses prior to their spectroscopic confirmation. Following this, he became co-leader of the first complete survey of distant galaxies, the Canada–France–Redshift Survey. This led to the discovery of the strong decrease of the cosmic star formation density measured from UV light as z=1, which, alongside Hector Flores, they confirmed as bolometric and dust independent. With Mathieu Puech, they then pioneered the 3D spectroscopy of distant galaxies, leading to a major increase of understanding of the dynamic state of distant galaxies evidenced by the scatter of the Tully–Fisher relation. This led them to propose, with the addition to the team of Myriam Rodrigues, that galactic disks may survive or be rebuilt in gas-rich mergers, a scenario that is consistent with contemporary cosmological simulations. Besides extensive observational experience, the authors have led, or are leading, several instruments implemented or to be implemented at the largest telescopes, including VLT/Giraffe, VLT/X-shooter, VLT/MOONS and E-ELT/MOSAIC. They have also developed several observational techniques in adaptive optics, and in sky subtraction for integral field units and fibre instruments.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： *遥远星系是自上个世纪末刚刚兴起的研究领域，但自第一次对遥远星系的系统观测完成后，对该领域的关注呈现了爆发式的增长。随着大量资源的投入，相关研究工作蓬勃发展，该领域已成为当前的研究热点之一；*本书总结了自始以来的多种用于观测、分析、解读遥远星系的演化与形成的技术手段与工具，并针对观测结果的解读给出了具体的指导，是在读研究生及观测科学家日常所必备的工具书；*作者系该领域内的知名科学家和先驱者，是第一次对遥远星系的系统观测的联合领导人之一，并是第一批使用3D光谱来分析遥远星系的科学家之一。
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