Island Universes (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings)

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIV
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIV
STELLAR DISKS....Pages 3-16
DISENTANGLING STAR FORMATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND MORPHOLOGY IN GALAXY EVOLUTION....Pages 17-22
MEASURING STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF GALAXIES IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE....Pages 23-28
EXTRAGALACTIC THICK DISKS....Pages 29-40
THE OPACITY OF SPIRAL GALAXY DISKS....Pages 41-46
STELLAR POPULATIONS IN BULGES OF SPIRAL GALAXIES....Pages 47-52
THE THIN AND THICK DISKS OF THE GALAXY: DIFFERENCES IN EVOLUTION....Pages 53-56
THE MILKY WAY AND THE TULLY–FISHER RELATION....Pages 57-60
THE CONTRIBUTION OF LSB GALAXIES TO THE LOCAL GALAXY NUMBER DENSITY....Pages 61-64
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DYNAMICS OF DISKS....Pages 67-76
CIRCULAR VELOCITY AND CENTRAL VELOCITY DISPERSION IN LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES....Pages 77-82
COUNTERROTATING CORE IN THE LMC: ACCRETION AND/OR MERGER?....Pages 83-88
HALO MASS PROFILES OF LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES....Pages 89-94
THE DISK MASS PROJECT....Pages 95-100
A DARK GALAXY IN THE VIRGO CLUSTER IMAGED AT 21-CM....Pages 101-106
COMPARING DYNAMICAL AND STELLAR POPULATION MASS-TO-LIGHT RATIO ESTIMATES....Pages 107-116
FEEDING THE NUCLEAR STARBURST IN NGC6946....Pages 117-120
INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF NGC2855 AND NGC7049....Pages 121-124
TWO-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS OF A BAR AND CENTRAL DISK IN NGC5448....Pages 125-128
DETERMINATION OF THE GALACTIC ROTATION USING OPEN STAR CLUSTERS....Pages 129-132
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OF LATE-TYPE SPIRALS TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECTROSCOPY....Pages 133-136
VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF STARS AND GAS IN A GALACTIC DISK....Pages 137-140
TWO DIMENSIONAL VELOCITY FIELDS OF LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES....Pages 141-144
PATTERN SPEEDS OF SPIRAL GALAXIES USING THE TREMAINE-WEINBERG METHOD....Pages 146-148
A NEW SCENARIO FOR THE ORIGIN OF GALACTICWARPS....Pages 149-152
THE 3-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS OF THE GALACTIC BULGE....Pages 153-156
ASYMMETRIC DRIFT AND THE STELLAR VELOCITY ELLIPSOID....Pages 157-160
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BARS, SPIRAL STRUCTURE, AND SECULAR EVOLUTION IN DISK GALAXIES....Pages 163-174
BARRED GALAXIES AND GALAXY EVOLUTION....Pages 175-180
THREE-DIMENSIONAL BAR STRUCTURE AND DISC/BULGE SECULAR EVOLUTION....Pages 181-186
ANOMALOUSLY WEAK DYNAMICAL FRICTION IN HALOS....Pages 187-194
HALO PROPERTIES AND SECULAR EVOLUTION IN BARRED GALAXIES....Pages 195-200
A SAURON STUDY OF STARS AND GAS IN SA BULGES....Pages 201-206
A COOL GAS RING IN M100....Pages 207-210
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RESONANCES AND EXTENT OF SPIRAL ARMS IN DISK GALAXIES....Pages 215-218
DYNAMICS OF LOCALIZED PACKETS OF SPIRAL DENSITYWAVES IN GASEOUS DISKS....Pages 219-224
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DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION OF ACCRETED DWARF GALAXIES....Pages 227-238
RESOLVING THE STELLAR OUTSKIRTS OF M31 AND M33....Pages 239-244
CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE CONSTRAINTS ON GALAXY FORMATION....Pages 245-252
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THE OUTER DISKS OF GALAXIES:“TO BE OR NOT TO BE TRUNCATED?”....Pages 253-258
RADIAL PROFILES OF STELLAR DISKS IN GALAXIES AT Z≈1 FROM THE UDF AND THE GOODS FIELDS....Pages 259-264
THE OUTER BANKS OF GALAXY DISKS....Pages 265-270
THE GASEOUS HALOES OF DISC GALAXIES....Pages 271-276
GASEOUS HALOS AND THE INTERSTELLAR DISK-HALO CONNECTION....Pages 277-282
GEOMETRODYNAMICAL DISTANCES TO CLOUD STREAMS....Pages 283-286
MORPHOLOGY OF GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTERS....Pages 287-290
OBSERVATIONS OF STRIPPED EDGE-ON VIRGO CLUSTER GALAXIES....Pages 291-294
SPARSEPAK OBSERVATIONS OF DIFFUSE IONIZED GAS HALO KINEMATICS IN NGC891....Pages 295-298
STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE OUTER REGIONS OF M31....Pages 299-302
A STUDY OF EXTRA-PLANAR HI GAS....Pages 303-306
UNEXPECTED YOUNG STAR CLUSTERS IN THE TIDAL DEBRIS OF NGC2782....Pages 307-310
INFALL OF SUBSTRUCTURES ONTO A MILKY WAY-LIKE DARK HALO....Pages 311-314
THE FAR-INFRARED PROPERTIES OF THE MOST ISOLATED GALAXIES....Pages 315-318
STUDYING GALAXY FORMATION IN LOOSE GALAXY GROUPS....Pages 319-322
THE ENVIRONMENT OF LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES FROM SDSS....Pages 323-326
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STAR FORMATION, INTERSTELLAR PHYSICS & THE SED OF GAS-RICH GALAXIES....Pages 329-340
SINGS OBSERVATIONS OF SPIRAL GALAXIES....Pages 341-346
THE MOLECULAR ISM OF LOWSURFACE BRIGHTNESS SPIRAL GALAXIES....Pages 347-352
THE KINEMATICS AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF WARM IONIZED GAS IN SPIRAL DISKS....Pages 353-358
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GLOBAL LINE PROFILE ASYMMETRIES IN DISK GALAXIES....Pages 359-362
EXTRAGALACTIC MOLECULAR CLOUDS....Pages 363-366
THE FORMATION OF MOLECULAR CLOUDS IN SPIRAL GALAXIES....Pages 367-370
CLOUD MASS FUNCTION IN A DISK GALAXY....Pages 371-374
TRACING MOLECULAR HYDROGEN WITH ATOMIC HYDROGEN IN M81 AND OTHER NEARBY GALAXIES....Pages 375-378
CENTRAL STRUCTURE OF MOLECULAR GAS IN MAFFEI 2....Pages 379-382
THE DUSTY DISK OF THE EARLY-TYPE GALAXY NGC3656....Pages 383-386
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE BINARY AND NUCLEAR STAR BURST....Pages 387-390
RADIO CONTINUUM, CO, AND THERMAL INFRARED EMISSION IN NEARBY STAR-FORMING GALAXIES....Pages 391-394
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THE MULTIWAVELENGTH VIEW OF STAR-FORMING DISKS....Pages 397-408
VAN DER KRUIT TO SPITZER: A NEW LOOK AT THE FAR–INFRARED–RADIO CORRELATION....Pages 409-415
THE ORIGIN OF THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION IS IN THE CLOUD STRUCTURE....Pages 417-422
MODES OF STAR FORMATION ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE AND BEYOND....Pages 423-428
SPIRAL SHOCK TRIGGERING OF STAR FORMATION....Pages 429-434
THE METALLICITY HISTORY OF DISK GALAXIES....Pages 435-440
THE 11MPC Hα AND ULTRAVIOLET GALAXY SURVEY....Pages 441-444
CONTINUOUS STAR CLUSTER FORMATION IN THE SPIRAL NGC45....Pages 445-448
HST / STIS RESULTS ON NUCLEAR STAR CLUSTERS IN SPIRAL GALAXIES....Pages 449-452
ISLAND UNIVERSES COLLIDING....Pages 453-456
ENVIRONMENTAL DEPENDENCE OF STAR FORMATION IN CLUSTER AND FIELD GALAXIES....Pages 457-460
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DISKS AT HIGH REDSHIFTS....Pages 463-474
EIGHT BILLION YEARS OF DISK GALAXY EVOLUTION....Pages 475-480
SIZE EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES SINCE Z~3:COMBINING SDSS, GEMS AND FIRES....Pages 481-486
SPECIFIC STAR FORMATION RATES....Pages 487-492
DISK GALAXIES AT HIGH REDSHIFT?....Pages 493-500
LOCAL GALAXIES AS DAMPED LY-α ANALOGS....Pages 501-506
THE GROWTH OF DISK GALAXIES....Pages 507-512
ROTATION CURVES OF SPIRAL GALAXIES....Pages 513-518
THE EVOLUTION OF DISK GALAXIES IN CLUSTERS AND THE FIELD....Pages 519-522
INVESTIGATION OF AGE AND METALLICITY GRADIENTS AND DUST EXTINCTION IN DISC GALAXIES IN THE HUBBLE DEEP FIELD....Pages 523-526
PHOTOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF CLUMPY GALAXIES IN THE HUBBLE ULTRA DEEP FIELD....Pages 527-530
THE BIVARIATE BRIGHTNESS DISTRIBUTION OF GALAXY DISKS....Pages 531-534
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AN ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON GALAXY FORMATION....Pages 537-544
X-RAYS FROM DISK GALAXY HALOS,LYa FROM FORMING GALAXIES,AND THE Z~1 TULLY-FISHER RELATION....Pages 545-550
GAS RICH MERGERS IN DISK FORMATION....Pages 551-556
COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS OF GALAXY FORMATION II: MATCHING THE OBSERVATIONAL PROPERTIES OF DISK GALAXIES....Pages 557-564
COLLAPSE OF THE PRIMORDIAL GAS CLOUDS IN THE PRESENCE OF UV RADIATION FIELD....Pages 565-568
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ISLAND UNIVERSES....Pages 571-578
Back Matter....Pages 579-583