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Penetrating Bars through Masks of Cosmic Dust

The Hubble Tuning Fork strikes a New Note

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. David L. Block

    1. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  2. Ivânio Puerari

    1. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico

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  3. Kenneth C. Freeman

    1. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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  4. Robert Groess

    1. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  5. Elizabeth K. Block

    1. Rand Afrikaans University (Soweto), South Africa

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  • Contains 20 review articles and over 75 invited papers by top scientists
  • Focus on longevity of the bar phenomenon, the duty cycle of bars, bars at high redshift, the secular evolution of galaxies, galaxy disks as open systems...and much more
  • Includes unique historical perspectives by Dr. Allan Sandage and a 90-minute panel discussion, transcribed from tape

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 319)

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Table of contents (85 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. A Tribute to Cosmic Dust Pioneer: J. Mayo Greenberg

    • David L. Block
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Hubble Tuning Fork Strikes a New Note

    • D. L. Block, K. C. Freeman, I. Puerari, F. Combes, R. Buta, T. Jarrett et al.
    Pages 15-38

  4. Episodes in the Development of the Hubble Galaxy Classification

    • Allan Sandage
    Pages 39-56

  5. Secular Evolution Versus Hierarchical Merging: Galaxy Evolution Along the Hubble Sequence, in the Field and Rich Environments

    • Francoise Combes
    Pages 57-74

  6. Dense Gas and Star Formation in Bars

    • Susanne Huttemeister
    Pages 75-80

  7. On the Origin of S0 Galaxies

    • Uta Fritze - v. Alvensleben
    Pages 81-100

  8. Gravitational bar Torques in the Spiral/S0 Divide

    • R. Buta
    Pages 101-110

  9. Direct Measurement of Pattern Speeds in Double-Barred SB0’s

    • E. M. Corsini, V. P. Debattista, J. A. L. Aguerri
    Pages 111-118

  10. Gas Flows, Star Formation and Galaxy Evolution

    • John E. Beckman, Emilio Casuso, Almudena Zurita, Mónica Relaño
    Pages 119-138

  11. Bar-Driven Evolution and 2D Spectroscopy of Bulges

    • M. Bureau, E. Athanassoula, A. Chung, G. Aronica
    Pages 139-148

  12. Bar-Driven Fueling of Galactic Nuclei: A 2D View

    • Eric Emsellem
    Pages 149-154

  13. Dust Penetrated Arm Classes: Insight from Rising and Falling Rotation Curves

    • Marc S. Seigar, David Block, Ivanio Puerari
    Pages 155-164

  14. Bar Dissolution and Reformation Mechanisms

    • Frederic Bournaud, Francoise Combes
    Pages 165-174

  15. Dynamics of Doubly Barred Galaxies, Also with the Inner Bar Retrograde

    • Witold Maciejewski
    Pages 175-178

  16. A Coordinated Episode of AGB Star Production at Large Galactocentric Distances in the Andromeda Galaxy?

    • Guy Worthey
    Pages 179-188

  17. Fuelling Starbursts and AGN

    • Johan H. Knapen
    Pages 189-206

  18. Penetrating Dust Tori in AGN

    • Gabriela Canalizo, Claire Max, Robert Antonucci, David Whysong, Alan Stockton, Mark Lacy
    Pages 207-212

  19. Bars from the Inside Out: An HST Study of Their Dusty Circumnuclear Regions

    • Paul Martini
    Pages 213-222

  20. Morphology of Bar and Spiral Modes: Do They Relate?

    • Preben Grosbøl
    Pages 223-230
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THE EDITORS: DAVID L. BLOCK AND KENNETH C. FREEMAN (SOC CO-CHAIRS), IVANIO PUERARI, ROBERT GROESS AND LIZ K. BLOCK 1. Harvard College Observatory, 1958 The past century has truly brought about an explosive period of growth and discovery for the physical sciences as a whole, and for astronomy in particular. Galaxy morphology has reached a renaissance . . The year: 1958. The date: October 1. The venue: Harvard College Observatory. The lecturer: Walter Baade. With amazing foresight, Baade penned these words: "Young stars, supergiants and so on, make a terrific splash - lots of light. The total mass of these can be very small compared to the total mass of the system". Dr Layzer then asked the key question: " . . . the discussion raises the point of what this classification would look like if you were to ignore completely all the Population I, and just focus attention on the Population II . . . " We stand on the shoulders of giants. The great observer E. E. Barnard, in his pioneering efforts to photograph the Milky Way, devoted the major part of his life to identifying and numbering dusty "holes" and dust lanes in our Milky Way. No one could have dreamt that the pervasiveness of these cosmic dust masks (not only in our Galaxy but also in galaxies at high redshift) is so great, that their "penetration" is truly one of the pioneering challenges from both space-borne telescopes and from the ground.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    David L. Block, Robert Groess

  • Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico

    Ivânio Puerari

  • The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Kenneth C. Freeman

  • Rand Afrikaans University (Soweto), South Africa

    Elizabeth K. Block

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