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Three types of galaxy disks

Authors :
Pohlen, M.
Erwin, P.
Trujillo, I.
Beckman, J. E.
Knapen, JH
Mahoney, TJ
Vazdekis, A
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
Source :
PATHWAYS THROUGH AN ECLECTIC UNIVERSE, 247-250, STARTPAGE=247;ENDPAGE=250;TITLE=PATHWAYS THROUGH AN ECLECTIC UNIVERSE
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC, 2008.

Abstract

We present our new scheme for the classification of radial stellar surface brightness profiles for disk galaxies. We summarize the current theoretical attempts to understand their origin and give an example of an application by comparing local galaxies with their counterparts at high redshift (z approximate to 1).

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
PATHWAYS THROUGH AN ECLECTIC UNIVERSE, 247-250, STARTPAGE=247;ENDPAGE=250;TITLE=PATHWAYS THROUGH AN ECLECTIC UNIVERSE
Accession number :
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