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The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift

Proceedings of the European Southern Observatory and Universitäts-Sternwarte München Workshop Held in Venice, Italy, 24-26 October 2001

Part of the book series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia (ESO)

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Table of contents (83 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. The Mass of the Milky Way

    • Konrad Kuijken
    Pages 1-5
  3. Distant Field BHB Stars and the Mass of the Milky Way

    • Lee Clewley, Steve Warren
    Pages 6-7
  4. A Pattern Speed in the Galaxy’s OH/IR Stars

    • Victor P. Debattista, Ortwin Gerhard, Maartje N. Sevenster
    Pages 8-9
  5. Dark Matter in the Local Group: The Dark Haloes of the Milky Way, M31 and the Draco dSph

    • Mark I. Wilkinson, Jan T. Kleyna, N. Wyn Evans, Gerard Gilmore
    Pages 10-15
  6. First Evidence for an Extended Dark Halo in the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal

    • Jan Kleyna, Mark Wilkinson, N. Wyn Evans, Gerard Gilmore
    Pages 16-17
  7. The Inner Halo of the Draco dSph

    • John Magorrian
    Pages 18-19
  8. Mass/Light Variations with Environment

    • R. Brent Tully
    Pages 20-25
  9. The 2MASS Luminosity, Velocity, and Mass Functions of Galaxies

    • Michael A. Pahre, Chris S. Kochanek, Emilio E. Falco, John P. Huchra
    Pages 32-38
  10. Galaxy Masses: Disks and Their Halos

    • Stacy McGaugh
    Pages 45-50
  11. Dark Matter in the Center of LSB and Dwarf Galaxies from H\(\alpha\) Observations

    • E. D’Onghia, D. Marchesini, G. Chincarini, C. Firmani, E. Molinari, P. Conconi et al.
    Pages 51-53
  12. Galaxy Systems in Low Density Environments: The NGC 4756 System

    • Birgit Kelm, Paola Focardi, Ruth Grützbauch, Werner W. Zeilinger, Roberto Rampazzo
    Pages 54-55
  13. The Masses of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies: First Results from an ESO Large Program

    • H. Dejonghe, S. De Rijcke, G. Hau, W. W. Zeilinger
    Pages 56-59
  14. Estimating the Masses of Dwarf Ellipticals: First VLT Results

    • Sven De Rijcke, Herwig Dejonghe, Werner W. Zeilinger, George T. K. Hau
    Pages 60-61
  15. Dynamical Masses of Elliptical Galaxies

    • Ortwin Gerhard
    Pages 62-67
  16. Galaxy Merging and the Fundamental Plane of Elliptical Galaxies

    • Carlo Nipoti, Pasquale Londrillo, Luca Ciotti
    Pages 70-71
  17. Mass Distributions in Early-Type Galaxy Halos

    • Aaron J. Romanowsky, Nigel G. Douglas, Konrad Kuijken, Michael R. Merrifield, Magda Arnaboldi, Kenneth C. Freeman et al.
    Pages 72-73

About this book

Measuring the masses of galaxies as a function of redshift is perhaps one of the most challenging open issues in current astronomical research. The evolution of the baryonic and dark matter components of galaxies is not only a critical test of the hierarchical formation paradigm, but ultimately also provides new clues on the complex interplay between star formation, the cooling and heating of gas and galaxy merging processes.
This book reviews current techniques to measure the baryonic (stellar) and dark masses of nearby galaxies, and focusses on ongoing attempts to measure these same quantities in galaxies at higher and higher redshifts. It also gives room to future perspectives, with special emphasis on new survey projects and satellite missions.

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