Dynamical Evolution of Galaxies

This Research Monograph Presents A New Dynamical Framework For The Study Of Secular Morphological Evolution Of Galaxies Along The Hubble Sequence. Classical Approaches Based On Boltzmann’s Kinetic Equation, As Well As On Its Moment-equation Descendants The Euler And Navier-stokes Fluid Equations, Are Inadequate For Treating The Maintenance And Long-term Evolution Of Systems Containing Self-organized Structures Such As Galactic Density-wave Modes. A Global And Synthetic Approach, Incorporating Correlated Fluctuations Of The Constituent Particles During A Nonequilibrium Phase Transition, Is Adopted To Supplement The Continuum Treatment. The Cutting-edge Research Combining Analytical, N-body Simulational, And Observational Aspects, As Well As The Fundamental-physics Connections It Provides, Make This Work A Valuable Reference For Researchers And Graduate Students In Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Many-body Physics, Complexity Theory, And Other Related Fields. Contents Dynamical Drivers Of Galaxy Evolution N-body Simulations Of Galaxy Evolution Astrophysical Implications Of The Dynamical Theory Putting It All Together Concluding Remarks Appendix: Relation To Kinetics And Fluid Mechanics