Structure and Properties of Nearby Galaxies

The IAU Symposium No. 77 on "Structure and PrQperties of Nearby Galaxies" was held in Bad Miinstereifel, F. R. G., from 22 - 26 August 1977. The Symposium was financially supported by the IAU, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft a~d the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. the aim of the Symposium was to compare recent high-resolution radio continuum and HI-line results on nearby galaxies with both new and established optical material and with recent theoretical work. Over 100 astronomers actively working in these fields discussed the "state of the art" from their various points of view. The Symposium was sponsored by IAU Commissions 28 and 40. The Scientific Organizing Committee consisted of R.J. Allen (Chairman), K.C. Freeman, I.V. Gossachinski, G. Monnet, J.H. Oort, M.S. Roberts, S.E. Strom, A. Toomre and R. Wielebinski. In order to limit the scope of the Symposium the S.O.C. ruled that nearby galaxies have distances of 0.5 to about 15Mpc; consequently topics mainly concerned structural features occurring on length scales ranging roughly from 0.1 to 50 kpc.

List of contents

I The Smooth Background.- I.1 The Distribution of Light in Galaxies.- Discussion I.1.- Problems in galactic dynamics studied by means of three-dimensional simulations.- The kinematics of the lenticular galaxies NGC 1291 and NGC 1326.- The dwarf-spheroidal galaxies near M31.- I.2 The Past History of Star Formation in Galaxies.- Discussion I.2.- Multi-colour observations of NGC 5128 = Centaurus A.- I.3 Rotation Curves in the Outer Parts of Galaxies from HI Observations.- Discussion I.3.- HI sizes and rotation curves of some edge-on galaxies.- The kinematics of a sample of about twenty spiral galaxies.- New optical rotation curve of M101.- I.4 The Large-Scale Radio Continuum Structure of Spiral Galaxies.- Discussion I.4.- The thermal content of IC 342.- Deconvolved single-dish radio observations of NGC 6946.- I.5 The Large-Scale Distribution of Radio Continuum in E and SO Galaxies.- Discussion I.5.- The gas content of lenticular galaxies.- HI observations of a large sample of elliptical galaxies.- HI in NGC 1052 and NGC 4636.- The discontinuity between elliptical and disk galaxies.- I.6 Global Dynamics of the Interstellar Gas, Magnetic Field, and Cosmic Rays.- Discussion I.6.- Comments on the radio continuum emission from normal disk galaxies.- On the nature of a galactic boundary layer flow.- Optical polarization in galaxies.- II Spiral Structure and Star Formation.- II.1 The Evolution of Disk Galaxies.- Discussion II.1.- Drift and broadening of ageing spiral arms.- Comments on NGC 3312, NGC 1291 and NGC 1079.- II.2 Some Comments on Radio Observations of Spiral Arms.- Discussion II.2.- II.3 The Dynamics of the Spiral Galaxy M81.- Discussion II.3.- II.4 A Confrontation of Density Wave Theories with Observations.- Discussion II.4.- Discrete spiral modes in disk galaxies.- Growth of spiral waves in disk galaxies.- Galactic shocks in open-armed normal spirals and barred spirals.- II.5 Radio Observations of Molecules in Nearby Galaxies.- Discussion II.5.- A first step toward the radial distribution of CO in M31.- II.6 Hot Gas in the Galaxy: How Extensive is It?.- Discussion II.6.- III Nearby Galaxies of Large Angular Size.- III.1 Radio Continuum Observations of M31 and M33.- Discussion III.1.- Variation of spectral index across M31.- M31 at 49 cm wavelength.- III.2 Velocity Dispersion in the Bulge of M31; Dynamical Model.- III.3 The Spiral Structure of M31.- Discussion III.3.- III.4 The Kinematics within M31.- Discussion III.4.- HI survey of M31.- III.5 The Three-Dimensional Distribution of Neutral Hydrogen in M31.- Discussion III.- Anomalous motions of spiral arms in M31.- III.6 A Warp in the HI Distribution at the Extreme NE and SW of M31.- Discussion III.6.- New outer HI arms in M31.- III.7 The Large-Scale Distribution of HI in M33 and IC 342.- Discussion III.7.- III.8 A Sensitive Single-Dish HI Survey of the Galaxy M33.- Discussion III.8.- Supernova remnants in M33.- IV Nearby Active Galaxies and Their Nuclei.- IV.1 Radio Properties of Active Nearby Spiral Galaxies.- Discussion IV.I.- The nucleus of NGC 1275 at 2.8 cm wavelength.- HI in NGC 4258.- IV.2 Radio Properties of the Nuclei in Elliptical, so and Spiral Galaxies.- Discussion IV.2.- Compact components in active spiral and Seyfert galaxy nuclei and galaxy interactions.- IV.3 Infrared, Optical, and X-Ray Properties of the Nuclei of Nearby Galaxies.- Discussion IV.3.- IV.4 Emission from the Nuclei of Nearby Galaxies: Evidence for Massive Black Holes?.- Discussion IV.4.- V The Outskirts of Galaxies.- V.1 Galaxy Haloes and the Missing Mass Problem.- Discussion V.1.- Sensitive observations of HI envelopes of late-type galaxies.- V.2 On Peripheral Dynamics.- Discussion V.2.- V.3 Interacting Galaxies: The Kinematics of NGC 4038/39 and the HI Bridge Between M81 and NGC 3077.- Discussion V.3.- Distributed HI in small groups of galaxies.- Tidal interaction and accretion in the galaxy pair NGC 1512 and 1510.- Tidal interactions within the NGC 4631 group of galaxies.- HI observations

Product details

• Assisted by: E. M. Berkhuijsen (Editor), E.M. Berkhuijsen (Editor), Elly M. Berkhuijsen (Editor), R. Wielebinski (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2012
• EAN: 9789027708748
• ISBN: 978-90-277-0874-8
• No. of pages: 325
• Weight: 638 g
• Illustrations: 35 SW-Abb.
• Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia; International Astronomical Union Symposia
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy