Formation And Evolution Of Cosmic Structures

The papers discuss a wide range of hot topics, including cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics gravitational waves, extragalactic and stellar astronomy -- together representing the roadmap for modern astrophysical research.

Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture: Complexity in small-scale dwarf spheroidal galaxies (Andreas Koch). (With 8 Figures)

The current status of MOND (R. H. Sanders). (With 8 Figures)

Modeling the High-z Universe: Probing Galaxy Formation (Sadegh Khochfar). (With 3 Figures)

Evolution of Massive Stars along the Cosmic History (Georges Meynet, Sylvia Ekström, Cyril Georgy, Cristina Chiappini & André Maeder). (With 9 Figures)

Cosmic Evolution of stellar Disc Truncation 0 < z < 1 (John E. Bechman). (With 12 Figures)

Star Formation from Spitzer (Lyman) to Spitzer (Space Telescope) and beyond (João Alves & Virginia Trimble).

Catastrophism versus Uniformitarianism in the History of Star Formation (Virginia Trimble).

Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and the Physics of Star Formation (Bruce G. Elmegreen). (With 4 Figures)

What cluster gas expulsion ca tell about star formation, cluster environment and galaxy evolution (Geneeviève Parmentier). (With 5 Figures)

The high mass end of extragalactic globular clusters (Michael Hilker). (With 5 Figures)

Solar System Formation (Aurélien Crida).

Solar Space Missions: present and future (Sami K. Solanki & Eckart Marsch). (With 12 Figures)

Women in (European) Astronomy (Meg Urry).

Index of Contributors.

General Table of Contents.

General Index of Contributors.