Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Structures

This 21st volume in the series contains 15 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the 2008 International Scientific Conference of the German Astronomical Society on the topic of "New Challenges to European Astronomy", held in Vienna, Austria.
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.
Band 21 dieser Reihe enthält 15 Auftragsartikel, fasst Vorträge der Konferenz "JENAM 2008: New Challenges to European Astronomy" zusammen und präsentiert die wegweisenden Erkenntnisse moderner astrophysikalischer Forschung. Karl Schwarzschild Lecture:
The Richness and Beauty of the Physics of Cosmological Recombination
By Rashid Sunyaev

Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture:
Complexity in Small-scale Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies
By Andreas Koch

The Current Status of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)
By R.H. Sanders

Modeling the High-z Universe: Probing Galaxy Formation
By Sadegh Khochfar

Evolution of Massive Stars along the Cosmic History
By Georges Meynet, Sylvia Ekström, Cyril Georgy, Cristina Chiappini and André Maeder

Cosmic Evolution of Stellar Disc Truncations
By John E. Beckman

Star Formation from Spitzer (Lyman) to Spitzer (Space Telescope) and Beyond
By João Alves and Virginia Trimble

Catastrophism versus Uniformitarianism in the History of Star Formation
By Virginia Trimble

Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and the Physics of Star Formation
By Bruce G. Elmegreen

What Cluster Gas Expulsion can tell us about Star Formation, Cluster Environment and Galaxy Evolution
By Geneviève Parmentier

The High Mass End of Extragalactic Globular Clusters
By Michael Hilker

Solar System Formation
By Aurélien Crida

Solar Space Missions: present and future
By Sami K. Solanki & Eckart Marsch

Women in (European) Astronomy
By Meg Urry Dr. Siegfried Röser is staff scientist at the Centre for Astronomy, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
His research focuses on galactical structures and star populations. He is serving as editor-in-chief of the Reviews volumes on behalf of the German Astronomische Gesellschaft. The annual Reviews in Modern Astronomy was established in 1988 in order to bring the scientific events held by the German Astronomical Society to the attention of the worldwide astronomical community. The series is devoted exclusively to the Karl Schwarzschild Lectures and to publishing reports from leading scientists on recent progress and scientific achievements in their respective fields of research.
This volume continues the series with 16 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the Society's International Scientific Conference on the topic of "Cosmic Matter", held in XXX.

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