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Various kinds of masks obscure our view of our galaxy, the Milky Way, as well as of other galaxies. Masks of interstellar dust affect our measurements within galaxies, on scales ranging from individual supernovae to the galaxies themselves. The “mass mask” (our inability to image mass rather than light) gives astronomers a very incomplete picture of the size and structure of galaxies themselves, because we cannot image the dark matter which provides most of the galactic mass. Another mass is the “dynamical mask”: as galaxies form, much dynamical information is lost in the birthing process. A new thrust in research is to retrieve such information by means of chemical tagging. About 50 astronomers flew into Namibia in April 2010, to celebrate the 70th birthday of Professor K.C. Freeman, Fellow of the Royal Society. At age 70, Freeman, a father of dark matter in galaxies, continues to be one of planet’s most highly cited astronomers. The current volume affords readers a unique perspective on galaxies by probing the thoughts of some of the greatest astronomers of our age. Contributions focus on galaxies from within our Local Group to those in our high redshift Universe. Approximately 40 in-depth review and contributed papers are contained in the volume, each written by an expert in the field. Two unusual features of the current volume include the “Star Country” of the San people of southern Africa as well as the introduction into astronomy of “The Treachery of Images” by the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte. “Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see”, said Magritte. These words resonate the theme of the current volume “Galaxies and their Masks”, which is written at a level to be appreciated by both specialist and doctoral student alike.
Dark matter (Astronomy) -- Congresses. --- Galaxies -- Congresses. --- Galaxies. --- Galaxies --- Dark matter (Astronomy) --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astronomy - General --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy. --- Freeman, Ken, --- Extragalactic nebulae --- Nebulae, Extragalactic --- Freeman, K. --- Freeman, Kenneth C. --- Physics. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Space sciences. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Observations. --- Physical sciences --- Space sciences --- Astrophysics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science
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The search for dark matter in the universe has established itself as one of the most exciting and central fields of astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology. The lectures and talks in this book emphasize the experimental and theoretical status and future perspectives, stressing in particular the interplay between astro- and particle physics.
Astrophysics. --- Dark matter (Astronomy). --- Dark matter (Astronomy)-- Congresses. --- Particles (Nuclear physics). --- Dark matter (Astronomy) --- Astrophysics --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Physics. --- Gravitation. --- Elementary particles (Physics). --- Quantum field theory. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. --- Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. --- Quantum theory. --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Field theory (Physics) --- Matter --- Antigravity --- Centrifugal force --- Relativity (Physics) --- Relativistic quantum field theory --- Quantum theory --- Elementary particles (Physics) --- High energy physics --- Nuclear particles --- Nucleons --- Nuclear physics --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Properties
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