Stellar Populations in Distant Galaxies
Abstract
The author reviews the problem of the detection of changes in the population content of distant galaxies with respect to the population content of nearby galaxies. The basic assumptions made by most authors working in the field are examined and criticized. The author evaluates the comparisons of theoretical models with observations of distant and nearby galaxies that lead to different lines of evidence, both in favor and against the detection of evolution of the stellar populations dominating the light in distant and nearby galaxies.
- Publication:
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Nearly Normal Galaxies. From the Planck Time to the Present
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987nngp.proc..265B
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Evolution;
- Spectral Energy Distribution;
- Star Distribution;
- Astronomical Models;
- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Cosmology;
- Red Shift;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Astrophysics