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This book collects very recent results on theoretical and observational astronomy. The main topics are the study of stellar populations of the Milky Way and of other spiral galaxies in the near infrared, the IR observations of local group galaxies and disk galaxies, and the dynamic structure of spiral galaxies. The final sections treat dust structures and nuclear activity in galaxies.

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Author:   Dante Minniti ,  Hans-Walter Rix
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Weight:   0.115kg
ISBN:  

9783540609377

ISBN 10:   3540609377
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   18 April 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Stellar Populations in the IR.- When Do Near-IR Colors Help in Studying Stellar Populations?.- Photometric and Spectrophotometric Models in the NIR.- Stellar Libraries: Spectral Features in the Near-IR.- New Spectrophotometric Population Synthesis Models of Ellipticals and Early-Type Spirals.- Infrared Colour Gradients in Spiral Galaxies.- Colour Gradients in the Optical and Near-IR.- Stellar Populations of Bulges and Disks: New Insights from Near-IR Colours.- Determining the Contribution of Young Stars to Near-IR Light.- How Much Do Young Stars Contribute to the K-band Light?.- II. IR Observations of Local Group Galaxies.- The Brightest Stars in the Galactic Bulge.- Imaging of Local Group Bulge Populations in the Near-IR.- Origin of Bulges.- The Milky Way in the Near-IR, First Results of DENIS.- HST Observations of the Ionizing Star Cluster NGC 595 in the Spiral Galaxy M 33.- Discovery of the Galactic Bar Population.- Integrated Infrared Colors of Star Clusters in the Galaxy and M 31.- III. Dynamical Structure of Spiral Galaxies.- Observational Evidence for a Compact Dark Mass at the Galactic Center.- Applications of a Self-Consistent Model for the Galactic Bar.- Towards a Three-Dimensional Model of the Galaxy.- On the Deprojection of Axisymmetric and Triaxial Stellar Systems.- Near-IR Observations and Dynamics of Barred Galaxies.- Studying Galaxy Dynamics with IR Images.- Dynamical Evolution of Disk Galaxies.- Disk Dynamics Based on Near-IR Photometry.- Measuring Spiral Arm Torques: M 100 in K.- Galaxy as Dynamical System with Accreting Halo.- Near-IR Measurements of Kinematics in Luminous Galaxies.- IV. IR Observations of Disk Galaxies.- Galaxies with the DENIS 2 Micron Survey: A Preliminary Report.- How Good Is the Near-IR Tully-Fisher Relation?.- Near-IR Imaging of Late-Type Virgo Cluster Galaxies.- Near-IR Surface Photometry of 400 Late-Type Galaxies.- Nonaxisymmetric Structures in Stellar Disks.- Azimuthai Color Gradients in M 99.- Spiral Disk Asymmetries and Other Evidence of Accretion in Nearby Galaxies.- Mass Models from Near-IR Surface Photometry.- NIR Imaging and Modeling of the Core of M100.- Edge-On Spiral Galaxies: from Optical to Near-IR.- Dynamical Evolution and Population Analysis of Galactic Disks from Optical and Infrared Colour Profiles in Edge-On Galaxies.- Orbits in the Bar of NGC4314.- Multiband Analysis of Central-Region Features.- V. Modeling the Dust.- The History and Future of Extinction Models.- 3D Radiative Transfer Models of Galaxies.- Near-IR Colors: The Structure of Dust Lanes in Barred Galaxies.- K' Band Observations of the Evil Eye Galaxy and the Implied K' Band Dust Albedo.- Probing the Optical Depth of Spirals Using Multi-waveband Observations.- Dust Extinction from Paschen-Balmer Lines.- VI. Nuclear Activity: Clues from the IR.- Evidence for Biased IMFs.- IR Spectra and the L/M Ratio in Seyfert and Starburst Galaxies.- Near-IR Emission Lines in the Active Nuclei of Spiral Galaxies.- Near-IR Properties of Quasar and Seyfert Host Galaxies.- Near-IR View of the Nuclear Region of NGC 1808.- Revealing the Origin of Nuclear Starbursts in Late-Type Spirals: IC 342.- The Nature of Nuclear Starbursts: M 82.- Near-IR Imaging of the Central Regions in NGC 1068 and NGC 7552.- Near-IR and MM Imaging Spectroscopy of the Nuclear Region of NGC 1068.- Near-IR Imaging Spectroscopy of F 10214: Evidence for a Starburst Around an AGN at Z = 2.284.- K-Band Imaging of Arp's Interacting Spirals.- Starburst Episodes Near the Galactic Center.- When Is a Merger not a Merger?.- Author Index.

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