Galaxy Masses

Authors :: Courteau, S.
Cappellari, M.
de Jong, R. S.
Dutton, A. A.
Emsellem, E.
Hoekstra, H.
Koopmans, L. V. E.
Mamon, G. A.
Maraston, Claudia
Treu, T.
Widrow, L. M.
Source :: Rev Mod Phys 86 (2014), 47-119
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Galaxy masses play a fundamental role in our understanding of structure formation models. This review addresses the variety and reliability of mass estimators that pertain to stars, gas, and dark matter. The different sections on masses from stellar populations, dynamical masses of gas-rich and gas-poor galaxies, with some attention paid to our Milky Way, and masses from weak and strong lensing methods, all provide review material on galaxy masses in a self-consistent manner.<br />Comment: 145 pages, 28 figures, to appear in Reviews of Modern Physics. Figure 22 is missing here, and Figs. 15, 26-28 are at low resolution. This version has a slightly different title and some typos fixed in Chapter 5. For the full review with figures, please consult: http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~courteau/GalaxyMasses_28apr2014.pdf