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Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Keiichi Wada

    1. Center for Computational Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Japan

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  2. Françoise Combes

    1. Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, France

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  • This is a proceedings book based on review and contributed talks presented in a recent conference
  • Readers (professional astronomers, graduate students, and scientific journalists) can learn recent observational and theoretical progress in a field of our Galaxy and nearby galaxies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (ASSSP)

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Table of contents (122 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Basic Components of the Galaxy and Spiral Galaxies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Atlas and Catalog of Dark Clouds Based on Digitized Sky Survey I

      • Kazuhito Dobashi
      Pages 3-10

    3. New Views of Molecular Gas Distribution and Star Formation of the Southern Sky with NANTEN

      • Toshikazu Onishi
      Pages 11-18

    4. Mapping the Milky Way and the Local Group

      • Mark Reid, Andreas Brunthaler, Xu Ye, Zheng Xing-Wu, Karl Menten, Lincoln Greenhill et al.
      Pages 19-26

    5. VERA Project

      • Mareki Honma, Takeshi Bushimata, Yoon Kyung Choi, Tomoya Hirota, Hiroshi Imai, Kenzaburo Iwadate et al.
      Pages 27-32

    6. Dynamics of Stars in the Inner Galactic Bulge Revealed from SiO Maser Surveys

      • Shuji Deguchi, Takahiro Fujii, Yoshifusa Ita, Hideyuki Izumiura, Osamu Kameya, Atsushi Miyazaki et al.
      Pages 33-38

    7. The Physics of Cold Gas in Galaxy Low Excitation Regions

      • Daniel Pfenniger
      Pages 39-46

    8. Secular Evolution of Disc Galaxies and of their Components

      • Evangelia Athanassoula
      Pages 47-54

    9. Structure and Dynamics of the Old Galactic Components

      • Masashi Chiba, Hirohito Hayashi, Motoko Yamada
      Pages 55-62

    10. Galactic Magnetic Fields

      • Wolfgang Reich
      Pages 63-70

    11. Global MHD Simulations of Galactic Gas Disks

      • Ryoji Matsumoto, Hiromitsu Nishikori, Minoru Tanaka, Mami Machida
      Pages 71-78

    12. Numerical Modeling of the ISM in the Galactic Center and Disks

      • Keiichi Wada, Colin A. Norman
      Pages 79-84

    13. The Warp and Spiral Arms of the Milky Way

      • Evan S. Levine, Leo Blitz, Carl Heiles, Martin Weinberg
      Pages 85-90

  3. The Galactic Center and Central Region of Galaxies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-92
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    2. The Parkes Galactic Meridian Survey (PGMS)

      • Ettore Carretti, D. McConnell, Marijke Haverkorn, G. Bernardi, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, S. Cortiglioni et al.
      Pages 93-98

    3. Mapping Large-scale Magnetic Fields in Giant Molecular Clouds

      • Giles Novak, M. Krejny, H. Li, D. T. Chuss, P. G. Calisse
      Pages 99-104

    4. The Shapes and Supersonic Motions of Molecular Clouds

      • Jin Koda
      Pages 105-110

    5. Millimeter Dust Continuum Emission as a Tracer of Molecular Gas in Galaxies

      • Caroline Bot, F. Boulanger, M. Rubio, F. Rantakyro
      Pages 111-116

    6. Mapping Circumnuclear Dust in Nearby Galaxies

      • Paul Martini
      Pages 117-124
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About this book

In our quest to elucidate the origin of the universe and the formation of galaxies, particularly that of the Milky Way in which we live, astounding progress has been made in recent years through observational and theoretical studies. Not only have gigantic surveys covering a large fraction of the sky brought statistics enlightening evolutionary paths of galaxies, but powerful instruments, such as radio interferometers and ground- and space-based op- cal/infrared telescopes, have been able to map individual objects with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. Yet we do not fully understand the physics behind the observational results, and a number of unsolved problems need to be discussed, such as: What is the origin of disks and spheroids and which form ?rst? What determines the global star formation rate in galaxies? How in?uential are the environment and interactions for nearby galaxies? What causes starburst and AGN activity in galaxies? In order to discuss and make progress on these important questions, aided by recent observational and theoretical work, we organized a symposium en- tled “Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies”, on 26 June - 30 June, 2006, at Ishigaki island. Ishigaki is a tropical resort island located about 1000 km south-west from the main island of Japan and surrounded by a coral reef and beautiful white sand beaches. Ishigaki is also the site of one of the 20 m radio telescopes in the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA) network, which is operated by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Computational Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Japan

    Keiichi Wada

  • Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, France

    Françoise Combes

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Keiichi Wada, Dr. Associate Professor, Division of Theoretical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

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