Ebook: 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

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 theses 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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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 theses 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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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 theses 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.

Content:
The Mass of the Milky Way....Pages 1-5
Distant Field BHB Stars and the Mass of the Milky Way....Pages 6-7
A Pattern Speed in the Galaxy’s OH/IR Stars....Pages 8-9
Dark Matter in the Local Group: The Dark Haloes of the Milky Way, M31 and the Draco dSph....Pages 10-15
First Evidence for an Extended Dark Halo in the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal....Pages 16-17
The Inner Halo of the Draco dSph....Pages 18-19
Mass/Light Variations with Environment....Pages 20-25
On the Black Hole - Bulge Mass Relation in Active and Inactive Galaxies....Pages 26-31
The 2MASS Luminosity, Velocity, and Mass Functions of Galaxies....Pages 32-38
Estimating the Mass of Local Disk Galaxies from the NIR Luminosity....Pages 39-44
Galaxy Masses: Disks and Their Halos....Pages 45-50
Dark Matter in the Center of LSB and Dwarf Galaxies from H $alpha$ Observations....Pages 51-53
Galaxy Systems in Low Density Environments: The NGC 4756 System....Pages 54-55
The Masses of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies: First Results from an ESO Large Program....Pages 56-59
Estimating the Masses of Dwarf Ellipticals: First VLT Results....Pages 60-61
Dynamical Masses of Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 62-67
Dust Attenuation and the Stellar Kinematical Evidence for Dark Halos Around Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 68-69
Galaxy Merging and the Fundamental Plane of Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 70-71
Mass Distributions in Early-Type Galaxy Halos....Pages 72-73
Studying the Dynamics of Star Forming and IR Luminous Galaxies with Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 74-84