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Morphological and Physical Classification of Galaxies

Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte Held in Sant’Agata Sui Due Golfi, Italy, September 3–7, 1990

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  • © 1992

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  1. G. Longo

    1. Osservatorio di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy

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  2. M. Capaccioli

    1. Osservatorio Astronomico, Università di Padova, Italy

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  3. G. Busarello

    1. Osservatorio di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy

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Table of contents (70 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Invited Papers: Galaxy Types

    1. Morphology of Galaxies: An Overview

      • R. Buta
      Pages 1-16

    2. The Luminosity Functions of Galaxies

      • H. Jerjen, G. A. Tammann, B. Binggeli
      Pages 17-22

    3. Elliptical Galaxies

      • M. Franx
      Pages 23-38

    4. Structure and Kinematics of Spirals

      • P. C. van der Kruit
      Pages 39-52

    5. Brightest Cluster Members

      • J. M. Schombert
      Pages 53-68

    6. Central Regions of Early-Type Galaxies

      • J.-L. Nieto
      Pages 69-83

    7. Stellar Content and Chemical Evolution in Spheroidal Populations

      • R. M. Rich
      Pages 85-98

  3. Invited Papers: Galaxian Components

    1. Stellar Disks in Early-Type Galaxies

      • M. Capaccioli, N. Caon
      Pages 99-114

    2. Gaseous Disks in Elliptical Galaxies

      • F. Bertola
      Pages 115-126

    3. Formation and Maintenance of Spiral Structure

      • E. Athanassoula
      Pages 127-138

    4. Dark Matter in Elliptical Galaxies

      • T. de Zeeuw
      Pages 139-152

    5. Dark Matter in Late-Type Galaxies

      • S. M. Kent
      Pages 153-162

    6. Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies

      • C. Pryor
      Pages 163-178

    7. Elliptical Galaxies in X-Rays

      • L. Ciotti, A. D’Ercole, S. Pellegrini, A. Renzini
      Pages 179-190

    8. The Warm Component of the ISM of Elliptical Galaxies

      • F. Macchetto, W. B. Sparks
      Pages 191-206

    9. Peculiar Kinematics

      • M. Balcells
      Pages 221-232

    10. Cold Gas in Elliptical Galaxies

      • J. H. van Gorkom
      Pages 233-238

    11. Cold Gas in Late-Type Galaxies

      • R. Sancisi
      Pages 239-244

  4. Invited Papers: Galaxian Components

    1. The Bar Component in Disk Galaxies

      • A. Bosma
      Pages 207-220
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About this book

The morphological scheme devised by Hubble and followers to classify galaxies has proven over many decades to be quite effective in directing our quest for the fundamental pa­ rameters describing the extragalactic manifold. This statement is however far more true for spirals than for ellipticals. Echoing the concluding remarks in Scott Tremaine's sum­ mary talk at the Princeton meeting on Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies, "the Hubble classification of spirals is useful because many properties of spirals (gas con­ tent, spiral arm morphology, bulge prominence, etc. ) all correlate with Hubble time. By contrast, almost nothing correlates with the elliptical Hubble sequence El to E7. " During the last few years much effort has been put into the search for a more meaningful classification of ellipticals than Hubble's. Concomitantly, forwarded by some provocative conjectures by R. Michard, the classical question of whether E galaxies form a physically homogeneous family has been brushed up once more. Results of these and other parallel studies look rather promising and point to suture part of the dichotomy between ellipticals and disk galaxies which had become popular in the early eighties, owing to dynamical arguments. At the same time it appears more and more clear that, besides the usual genetic varieties of galaxies, products of environmental evolution must also be contemplated in building our modern picture of the "reign of galaxies" . The above considerations prompted us to solicit Prof.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Osservatorio di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy

    G. Longo, G. Busarello

  • Osservatorio Astronomico, Università di Padova, Italy

    M. Capaccioli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Morphological and Physical Classification of Galaxies

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte Held in Sant’Agata Sui Due Golfi, Italy, September 3–7, 1990

  • Editors: G. Longo, M. Capaccioli, G. Busarello

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2522-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1712-8Published: 31 May 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5113-2Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2522-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 472

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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