Toward a New Millennium in Galaxy Morphology

by Block, David L.; Puerari, I.; Stockton, A.; Ferreira, Dewet

• ISBN13: 9780792361855
• ISBN10: 0792361857
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

South Africa - a land of paradigm shifts. A land where we are willing to leave behind the old, to bravely accept the new. What do we need to exit the dark ages in the morphology of galaxies? How prevalent is the cherishing of old concepts? Traditional morphology has been 'mask-oriented', focusing on masks of dust and gas which may constitute only 5 percent of the dynamical mass of a galaxy. Some of the world's foremost astronomers flew to South Africa to address morphologically related issues at an International Conference, the proceedings of which are contained in this volume. Examine predicted extinction curves for primordial dust at high redshift. Stars evolve; why not dust? Read about the breakdown of the Hubble sequence at a redshift of one. Explore the morphology of rings; the mysteries of metal-rich globular clusters; vigorous star-formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud; the world of secular evolution, where galaxies change their shapes within one Hubble time. And much more. Examine a new kinematical classification scheme of the unmasked, dust-penetrated near-infrared images of spiral galaxies. This volume contains over 80 refereed contributions (including 18 in-depth keynote review articles), 40 pages of questions and answers, a panel discussion transcribed from tape and 24 colour plates. The volume is unique in that contributions from both high and low redshift experts are represented at a level readily accessible to postdoctoral students entering the exciting world of morphology - whether it be of the local, or more distant, Universe.

Table of Contents

A Message from Nelson Mandela	ix
Scientific Organising Committee	xi
Preface	xiii
The Stars and Australopithecus Africanus--Southern Man of Africa	1	(4)
B. Mendelow
Cosmic Masks Still Dance	5	(28)
D.L. Block
I. Puerari
J.A. Frogel
P.B. Eskridge
A. Stockton
B. Fuchs
Cosmic Dust in the 21st Century	33	(26)
J.M. Greenberg
C. Shen
Neutral Hydrogen and Dark Matter in Spiral Galaxies	59	(20)
R. Sancisi
Resonance Rings and Galaxy Morphology	79	(22)
R. Buta
The Morphology of Nearby Low Surface Brightness Galaxies	101	(8)
E. de Block
F. Walter
E. Bell
Line Strengths and Line Strength Gradients in Bulges along the Hubble Sequence	109	(10)
P. Goudfrooij
J. Gorgas
P. Jablonka
On the Origin of the Hubble Sequence	119	(20)
K.C. Freeman
Properties of the Stellar Velocity Ellipsoid and Stability in Disks of Spiral Galaxies	139	(10)
P.C. van der Kruit
Evoluation of Galaxies in the Hubble Sequence	149	(16)
D. Pfenniger
Galaxies at High Redshift	165	(18)
G. Illingworth
Galaxy Form and Spectral Type: a Physical Framework for Measuring Evolution	183	(8)
M. Bershady
Radiative Feedback from the First Objects and the End of the Cosmological Dark Age	191	(10)
Z. Haiman
Metals in the Lyα Forest	201	(8)
S.L. Ellison
M. Pettini
G.F. Lewis
A. Songaila
L.L. Cowie
Deep Galaxy Surveys in the 9150 A Airglow Window	209	(10)
A. Stockton
Probing the Early Universe with Radio Galaxies	219	(14)
G. Miley
The Star Formation History as a Function of Type: Constraints from Galaxy Counts	233	(10)
B. Rocca-Volmerange
M. Fioc
Young and Old Galaxies at High Redshift as seen by HST	243	(20)
R. Windhorst
S. Odewahn
C Burg
S. Cohen
I. Waddington
The Submillimeter Extragalactic Background and its Implication for the Star Formation History of the Universe	263	(6)
G. Lagache
J-L Puget
R. Gispert
Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Morphology	269	(24)
F.D. Macchetto
Extraplanar Dust in Spiral Galaxies: Observations and Implications	293	(10)
J.C. Howk
A Mid and Far Infrared View of Galaxies	303	(20)
C. J. Cesarsky
M. Sauvage
Quantifying Morphological Evolution from Low to High Redshifts	323	(16)
R.G. Abraham
Morphological Evolution of Galaxies	339	(6)
M. Takamiya
Merging Rate of Dark Matter Halos: Evolution and Dependence on Environment	345	(4)
S. Gottlober
A. Klypin
A.V. Kravtsov
ISO Images of Starbursts and Active Galaxies	349	(8)
I.F. Mirabel
O. Laurent
Nearby Active and Star-burst Galaxies as seen with ISOCAM	357	(10)
O.Laurent
I.F. Mirabel
V. Charmandaris
P. Gallais
M. Sauvage
L. Vigroux
C. Cesarsky
Ultra-Luminous IR Galaxies at Low and High Redshift	367	(14)
N. Scoville
A New View of Galaxy Evolution from Submillimeter Surveys with Scuba	381	(10)
D.B. Sanders
The Role of Molecular Gas in Galaxy Evolution: Insights from BIMA Song	391	(8)
M. Thornley
M. Regan
T. Helfer
K. Sheth
S. Vogel
A. Harris T. Wong
L. Blitz
D. Bock
Morphology and Evolution of Ultraluminous IR Galaxies--Testing the Merger--QSO Scenario	399	(6)
E. Sturm
R. Genzel
D. Lutz
D. Rigopoulou
D. Tran
H. Dannerbauer
A.F.M. Moorwood
H.W.W. Spoon
Gas and Dust in Protogalaxies	405	(18)
F. Combes
Dust Lanes in Spiral Galaxies	423	(4)
P.J. Grosbol
D.L. Block
P.A. Patsis
What is the True Fraction of Barred Spiral Galaxies?	427	(4)
P.B. Eskridge
J.A. Frogel
Kinematics and Morphology of the Resolved Narrow Line Region in NGC4151	431	(4)
M.E. Kaiser
L.D. Bradley II
J.B. Hutchings
D.M. Crenshaw
S.B. Kraemer
J. Ruiz
T.R. Gull
C. Nelson
D. Weistrop
The Role of Morphology in the Generation of Activity in the Nuclei of Galaxies in Compact Groups	435	(6)
T.K. Menon
Morphology and Physical Structure of the Intersteller Medium	441	(18)
Y.H. Chu
The Million-Degree Intersteller Medium in Spiral Galaxies	459	(10)
A. Vogler
W. Pietsch
The Specific Frequency of Globular Clusters in Galaxies	469	(16)
B.G. Elmegreen
Formation and Evolution of E and SO Galaxies from HST and Keck Studies of z ∼ 0.3 -- 1 Clusters	485	(8)
G. Illingworth
D. Kelson
P. van Dokkum
M. Franx
Star Formation in the Nicmos HDF	493	(8)
R.I. Thompson
A Near-IR Spectral Atlas of IR-Selected Nearby Spirals	501	(4)
T.G. Hawarden
S.D. Ryder
R.J. Massey
G.S. Wright
M. Takamiya
Near-Infrared Line Imaging of Circumnuclear Star Formation in Nearby Active Galaxies	505	(8)
J.K. Kotilainen
S. Laine
S.D. Ryder
Numerical Simulations of Galaxy Formation	513	(20)
M.Steinmetz
Imaging the Gas Distribution and Kinematics in the Early Universe with ALMA	533	(8)
R.L. Brown
The Space Infrared Facility (SIRTF): A new Probe for Study of the Birth and Evolution of Galaxies in the Early Universe	541	(8)
G.G. Fazio
P. Eisenhardt
J.-S. Huang
The Southern African Large Telescope (Salt) and the Potential for galactic dynamical studies	549	(8)
D.A.H. Buckley
Space VLBI as a Tool for Studying the Early Universe: First Results and Prospects	557	(6)
L. I. Gurvits
R.A. Preston
H. Hirabayashi
The Submillimeter Probe of the Evolution of Cosmic Structure (SPECS)	563	(6)
D. Leisawitz
J.C. Mather
S.H. Moseley Jr.
X. Zhang
The Space Density of Spiral Galaxies as a Function of their Scale Size, Surface Brightness and Luminosity	569	(8)
R.S. de Jong
C. Lacey
Automatic Morphological Classification of Galaxies	577	(8)
Z. Frei
Physical Morphology of Galaxies using Asymmetry	585	(4)
C.J. Conselice
Inner Structure of M 51	589	(4)
H. Salo
E. Laurikainen
Dark-Matter Distribution Inferred from High-Accuracy Rotation Curves	593	(4)
Y. Sofue
Stellar Velocity Field in the Galactic Bar	597	(8)
S. Deguchi
Circumnuclear Star-Forming Regions in Barred Galaxies	605	(4)
J.H. Knapen
S. Laine
M. Relano
Evolution and Star Formation of Dwarf Galaxies	609	(4)
R. Chini
M. Albrecht
M. Jutte
HST Observations of Abell 2125: Radio Emission & the Butcher-Oemler Effect	613	(4)
M.J. Ledlow
F.N. Owen
W.C. Keel
V. Andersen
Properties of Emission Line Galaxies at z ∼ 1 to 2	617	(4)
W. Freudling
Investigation of Disc Scalelengths of Sb Galaxies	621	(4)
B. Cunow
Starburst Dwarfs-Fueling and Morphological Evolution	625	(4)
N. Bergvall
G. Ostlin
J. Masegosa
E. Zackrisson
Necessary but not Sufficient Conditions to Trigger Starbursts. CO and HI observations of Optically Selected Interacting Galaxies	629	(4)
C. Horellou
R.S. Booth
B. Karlsson
Dust Effects on Kinematic Models of Ellipticals	633	(2)
M. Baes
H. Dejonghe
A New Database of Astrophysical Interest	635	(4)
E. Biemont
P. Palmeri
P. Quinet
The Origin of QSO Mg II λ2796 Lines	639	(2)
A.C. Danks
Iras Sources in the Direction of the Galactic Bar	641	(4)
S. Deguchi
Sword Play Between Morphology and Dynamics in Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies	645	(2)
V. Doublier
The HST Imaging Survey of BL Lac Objects	647	(2)
R. Falomo
C.M. Urry
R. Scarpa
J.E. Pesce
A. Treves
A Catalog of Digital Images of Nearby Galaxies	649	(2)
Z. Frei
Feeding of the Interstellar Medium in the Galactic Bulge	651	(2)
I.S. Glass
On the Light-Profiles of Spiral Galaxy Bulges and the Hubble Sequence for Spirals	653	(2)
A.W. Graham
M. Prieto
The Cluster Galaxy Luminosity Function	655	(2)
E. Molinari
Gasphot: A tool for automated surface photometry	657	(2)
E. Pignatelli
G. Fasano
Triaxial Bulges in the NIR	659	(2)
E. Pompei
I. Perez
Correlations between Structural Parameters of Disk Galaxies	661	(2)
M. Prieto
A.I. Aguerri
A Multiple Encounter Model of M51	663	(2)
H. Salo
E. Laurikainen
Two Decoupled Bars in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 3359	665	(2)
M. Sempere
Polarization Measurements of BL Lac Objects in the Southern Hemisphere	667	(2)
A. Treves
E. Pian
E. Palazzi
F. Scaltriti
L. Tommasi
E. Poretti
Gravitational Lens Candidates in the HST Survey of BL Lac Objects	669	(2)
A. Treves
R. Scarpa
C.M. Urry
R. Falomo
G. Giovannini
J.E. Pesce
R. Webster
M. O'Dowd
Rotation Curve Shapes and the Tully-Fisher Relations	671	(2)
M.A.W. Verheijen
The HSB/LSB Galaxies NGC 2403 and UGC 128	673	(2)
M.A.W. Verheijen
W.J.G. de Blok
Leaving the Dark Ages: Unmasking the Mask	675	(18)
The Panellists
Before the Beginning: Emerging Questions and Uncertainties	693	(28)
G.F.R. Ellis
A Philosophical Perspective	721	(2)
The Editors
The Ultimate Question of Origins: God and the Beginning of the Universe	723	(18)
W.L. Craig
A Response to the W. Craig Lecture	741	(6)
G.F.R. Ellis
Discussion of Papers	747	(36)
The Editors
Colour Plate Section	783	(30)
List of Participants	813