Island Universes

This book contains an up-to-date review of the structure and evolution of disk galaxies from both the observational and theoretical point of view. It is the proceedings of the "Island Universes" conference held at the island of Terschelling in July 2005. It brings together a broad range of aspects of disk galaxies: structure and dynamics, the latest multi-wavelength surveys, low- and high redshift observations, theory and observations.

ISBN 9048173981   Pages 608 ISBN13 9789048173983 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 906 Publisher Springer   Published in Dordrecht Imprint Springer   Series title Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Format Paperback   Height (mm) 235 Publication date 30 Nov 2010   Width (mm) 155 DEWEY 523.112   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. List of Participants. Part I: Properties of Stellar Disks. Stellar Disks; K.C. Freeman. Disentangling Star Formation, Environment, and Morphology in Galaxy Evolution; D. Christlein and A. Zabludoff. Measuring Structural Properties of Galaxies in the Local Universe; P.D. Allen at al. Extragalactic Thick Disks; J.J. Dalcanton. The Opacity of Spiral Galaxy Disks; B.W. Holwerda at al. Stellar Populations in Bulges of Spiral Galaxies; Bh.K. Moorthy at al. The Thin and Thick Disks of the Galaxy: Differences in Evolution; T.V. Nykytyuk and T.V. Mishenina. The MilkyWay and the Tully--Fisher Relation; L. Portinari at al. The Contribution of LSB Galaxies to the Local Galaxy Number Density; C. Trachternach at al. Part II: Kinematics and Dynamics of Disk Galaxies. Dynamics of Disks; J. Binney. The Vc--sc Relation for Low Surface Brightness Galaxies; E.M. Corsini at al. Counterrotating core in the LMC: Accretion and/orMerger?; A. Subramaniam and T.P. Prabhu. Halo Mass Profiles of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies; W.J.G. de Blok. The Disk Mass Project; M.A.W. Verheijen at al. A Dark Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster Imaged at 21-cm; R. F. Minchin at al. Comparing Dynamical and Stellar Population Mass-to-Light Ratio Estimates; R.S. de Jong and E.F. Bell. Feeding the Nuclear Starburst in NGC6946; T. Boker at al. Integral Field Spectroscopy of NGC2855 and NGC7049; L. Coccato at al. Two-dimensional Kinematics of a Bar and Central Disk in NGC5448; K. Fathi at al. Galactic Rotation Using Open Star Clusters; P.M. Frinchaboy and S.R. Majewski. Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy of Late-Type Spirals; K. Ganda and R. Peletier. Vertical Distribution of Stars and Gas in a Galactic Disk; Ch. J. Jog. Two Dimensional Velocity Fields of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies; R.K. de Naray at al. Pattern Speeds of Spiral Galaxies using the Tremaine-WeinbergMethod; S. E. Meidt and R. J. Rand. A New Scenario for the Origin of Galactic Warps; Y. Revaz and D. Pfenniger. The 3-Dimensional Dynamics of the Galactic Bulge; M. Soto at al. Asymmetric Drift and the Stellar Velocity Ellipsoid; K.B. Westfall at al. Part III: Bars, Spiral Structure, and Secular Evolution in Disk Galaxies. Bars, Spiral Structure, and Secular Evolution in Disk Galaxies, B.G. Elmegreen. Barred Galaxies and Galaxy Evolution; J.H. Knapen. Three-Dimensional Bar Structure. M. Bureau at al. AnomalouslyWeak Dynamical Friction in Halos; J. A. Sellwood and Victor P. Debattista. Halo Properties and Secular Evolution in Barred Galaxies; E. Athanassoula. A SAURON Study of Stars and Gas in Sa Bulges; J. Falcon-Barroso at al. A Cool Gas Ring in M100; E.L. Allard at al. Boxy Edge-On Profiles; P.A. Patsis and E.M. Xilouris. Resonances and Extent of Spiral Arms in Disk Galaxies; P. Grosbol and P. Heraudeau. Dynamics of Localized Packets of Spiral Density Waves in Gaseous Disks. G.R. Mamatsashvili and G.D. Chagelishvili. Part IV: The Outskirts and Environment of Disk Galaxies. Dynamical Evolution of Accreted Dwarf Galaxies; J.S. Bullock and K.V. Johnston. Resolving the Stellar Outskirts of M31 and M33; A. Ferguson at al. Chemical Abundance Constraints on Galaxy Formation; K.A. Venn. The Outer Disks of Galaxies: "To be or not to be truncated?"; M. Pohlen and I. Trujillo. Radial Profiles of Stellar Disks in Galaxies at zEu1; I. Perez. The Outer Banks of Galaxy Disks; D. Zaritsky and D. Christlein. The Gaseous Haloes of Disc Galaxies; F. Fraternali at al. Gaseous Halos and the Interstellar Disk-Halo Connection; R.-J. Dettmar. Geometrodynamical Distances to Cloud Streams; D. Lynden-Bell and Sh. Jin. Morphology of Galactic Globular Clusters; C. W. Chen and W. P. Chen. Observations of Stripped Edge-on Virgo Cluster Galaxies; H. H. Crowl at al. SparsePak Observations of Diffuse Ionized Gas Halo Kinematics in NGC891; G.H. Heald at al. Stellar Populations in the Outer Regions of M31; R. Johnson at al. A Study of Extra-Planar Hi Gas; P. Kamphuis at al. Unexpected Young Star Clusters in the Tida

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