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The Outer Galaxy

Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Honor of Frank J.Kerr at the University of Maryland, College Park, May 28–29, 1987

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  • © 1988

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  1. Leo Blitz
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  2. Felix J. Lockman
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 306)

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Table of contents (39 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. The galactic rotation curve at R > Ro from observations of the 21 cm line of atomic hydrogen

    • G. R. Knapp
    Pages 1-17

  3. Groping for truth from the galaxy's outermost satellites

    • D. Lynden-Bell
    Pages 18-30

  4. Carbon stars at 2R0 and the rotation of the milky way

    • Paul L. Schechter, Marc Aaronson, Kem H. Cook, Victor M. Blanco
    Pages 31-39

  5. The velocity field of the outer galaxy

    • Jan Brand, Leo Blitz, Jan Wouterloot
    Pages 40-46

  6. The importance of stellar distances in determining the rotation curve of the outer galaxy

    • Anthony F. J. Moffat
    Pages 47-52

  7. Metal weak stars and the galactic circular velocity

    • K. C. Freeman
    Pages 53-60

  8. A wavy rotation curve and consequences thereof

    • Paris Pişmiş
    Pages 61-67

  9. Milky Way rotation and the distance to the Galactic center from Cepheid variables

    • J. A. R. Caldwell, I. M. Coulson
    Pages 68-72

  10. The distance to the galactic center from observations of the outer galaxy

    • Leo Blitz, Jan Brand
    Pages 73-76

  11. Rotation and the outer galaxy: Comments on topics raised by the work of Frank Kerr

    • Felix J. Lockman
    Pages 77-88

  12. Mapping the galaxy at 21 CM wavelength: The Boston University-Arecibo galactic HI survey

    • T. M. Bania
    Pages 89-93

  13. The shape of the outer-Galaxy HI layer

    • W. B. Burton
    Pages 94-99

  14. Star clusters and the thickness of the galactic disk as probes of the outer GALAXY

    • Roland Wielen, Burkhard Fuchs
    Pages 100-106

  15. The milky way in high resolution U photometry and inferences on its structure

    • Th. Schmidt-Kaler, W. Schlosser
    Pages 107-111

  16. First results of a milky way continuum survey at 45 MHz

    • H. Alvarez, J. Aparici, J. May, F. Olmos
    Pages 112-116

  17. Galaxian structure and x-ray astronomy

    • Herbert Gursky
    Pages 117-121

  18. The cloudy interstellar medium: Aggregation of giant molecular clouds in spiral structures

    • William W. Roberts Jr., David S. Adler
    Pages 123-131

  19. CO emission from the southern galactic plane and galactic structure

    • W. H. McCutcheon, B. J. Robinson, R. N. Manchester, J. B. Whiteoak
    Pages 132-137

  20. Substructure in spiral arms

    • Steven A. Balbus
    Pages 138-143
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About this book

The book summarizes research into the fundamental properties of the outer Milky Way (including its mass, scale and rotation properties) and covers topics such as spiral structure, the interstellar medium, star formation, satellites of the Milky Way and the outer parts of some nearby galaxies. It contains new work on the outer rotation curve of the Milky Way, first results of a new low frequency galactic disk survey, new results on the scale of the Galaxy (the distance of the Sun from the center and the relation of the disk of the Milky Way to the halo). This is the first volume specifically dedicated to outer galaxy research. Professional astronomers and astrophysicists as well as graduate students will welcome this book as a guide in understanding the outer parts of the Milky Way and also other galaxies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Outer Galaxy

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Honor of Frank J.Kerr at the University of Maryland, College Park, May 28–29, 1987

  • Editors: Leo Blitz, Felix J. Lockman

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-19484-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-13661-4Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-39285-9Published: 14 August 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 291

  • Number of Illustrations: 82 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geophysics/Geodesy

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