The Shapes of Galaxies and Their Dark Halos: New Have, Connectucit, Usa, 28-30, May 2001,9789810248482

The Shapes of Galaxies and Their Dark Halos: New Have, Connectucit, Usa, 28-30, May 2001

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ISBN13: 9789810248482
ISBN10: 9810248482
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Pub. Date: 2002-05-01
Publisher(s): WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC
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Summary

This book constitutes the proceedings of a very topical workshop aimed at understanding the shapes of the baryonic and dark matter components of galaxies. Several groups presented their recent results from observations and numerical N-body simulations.

Table of Contents

Preface v
INTRINSIC SHAPES OF GALAXIES
Intrinsic galaxy shapes and their correlations
1(8)
R. Crittenden
Measuring the flattening of dark matter halos
9(8)
P. Natarajan
Power spectra for galaxy shape correlations
17(4)
J. Mackey
Intrinsic galaxy alignments and weak gravitational lensing
21(8)
A. Heavens
Shapelets: a new method to measure galaxy shapes
29(9)
A. Refregier
T.-C. Chang
D. J. Bacon
Bayesian galaxy shape estimation
38(9)
S. Bridle
A general theory of self-gravitating systems: shapes of astronomical objects
47(3)
S. Filippi
SHAPES FROM LENSING STUDIES
Strong and weak lensing constraints on galaxy mass distribution
50(8)
J.-P. Kneib
Early-type halo masses from galaxy-galaxy lensing
58(4)
G. Wilson
Mass follows light
62(10)
C. S. Kochanek
SDSS measurements of galaxy halos properties by weak lensing
72(9)
T. A. McKay
Constraining halo properties from galaxy-galaxy lensing and photo-z
81(4)
A. O. Jaunsen
Is there a group halo?
85(4)
O. Moller
Constraining galaxy shapes from modeling the first probable two plane lens B2114+022
89(4)
K. Chae
Detecting flattened halos with weak lensing
93(8)
T. G. Brainerd
Finding the arciness in arclets - exploring the octopole moments of lensed galaxies
101(4)
D. M. Goldberg
Determining the three-dimensional shapes of galaxy clusters
105(4)
A. Escala
P. Natarajan
DARK MATTER HALOS FROM N-BODY SIMULATIONS
Shapes of dark matter halos
109(5)
J. S. Bullock
Substructure in CDM halos and the heating of stellar disks
114(5)
J. F. Navarro
On the `initial' angular momentum of galaxies
119(4)
T. Abel
Ellipticals and bars: central masses and friction
123(9)
J. A. Sellwood
The morphological evolution of merger remnants
132(8)
B. Ryden
SHAPES MAPPED USING STELLAR TRACERS
Properties of the outer halos of galaxies from the study of globular clusters
140(10)
S. E. Zepf
White Dwarfs: contributors and tracers of the galactic dark-matter halo
150(4)
L. V. E. Koopmans
Keck spectroscopy of dwarf elliptical galaxies in the Virgo cluster
154(4)
M. Geha
Halo mass dynamics of M31 using planetary nebulae velocities
158(4)
C. Halliday
Keck spectroscopy of red gaints in M31's stellar halo
162(8)
P. Guhathakurta
SHAPES FROM HI STUDIES AND POLAR RINGS
Halo tracing with atomic hydrogen
170(8)
M. R. Merrifield
What can polar rings tell us about the shapes of dark matter halos?
178(8)
L. S. Sparke
Constraints on the radial mass distribution of dark matter halos from rotation curves
186(8)
S. S. Mcguagh
SHAPES FROM STUDIES OF SATELLITES
Telling tails about the milky way
194(8)
K. V. Johnston
The shapes of galaxies and their halos as traced by stars: the milky way dark halo and the LMC disk
202(8)
R. van der Marel
Searching for streams of ancient galaxies in the Milky Way's halo
210(4)
A. K. Vivas
The extended shapes of galactic satellites
214(8)
S. R. Majewski
The impact of tidal interactions on satellite galaxies: a study of the M31 satellites, M32 and NGC 205
222(4)
P. I. Choi
Consequences of satellite decay for galaxy halo shapes
226(4)
E. van Kampen
Exploring group halos using galaxy dynamics
230(4)
A. B. Whiting
CONSTRAINTS FROM X-RAY STUDIES
The shapes of galaxies and clusters: an X-Ray view
234(8)
D. A. Buote
New features in elliptical galaxies from Chandra images
242(4)
C. Jones
SHAPES FROM ABSORPTION STUDIES
The detection of Lyman-α absorption from nine nearby galaxies
246(8)
D. V. Bowen
Concluding Remarks 254
R. S. Ellis

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