Small galaxy groups : proceedings of IAU colloquium 174 held in Turku Finland, 13-18 June 1999 / edited by Mauri J. Valtonen and Chris Flynn.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Valtonen, M. J. (Mauri J.), 1945-

Flynn, Chris.

International Astronomical Union

Conference Name:

IAU Colloquium (174th : 1999 : Turku, Finland)

Series:

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 209.

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 209

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Galaxies--Congresses.

Galaxies.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvii, 463 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2000.

Contents:

Observational Properties of Triple Galaxies / I. D. Karachentsev 1

Southern triplets of galaxies / V. E. Karachentseva, I. D. Karachentsev 11

A new compact groups sample in the southern sky / A. Iovino 25

Galaxy Pairs and Triplets at Medium Redshifts from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) / L. Infante, M. A. Strauss, N. Bahcall, G. R. Knapp 31

Observed isolated galaxy triplets in the Las Campanas redshift survey / K. Berzins 36

A new catalogue of multiple galaxies in the Local Supercluster / D. I. Makarov, I. D. Karachentsev 40

Part 2. Properties of Small Groups

Section A. Kinematics

The Complex Kinematics of Galaxies in Hickson 67 / D. Bettoni, L. M. Buson 46

Kinematics of early-type galaxies in compact groups: HCG 67, HCG 74 and HCG 79 / P. Bonfanti, F. Simien, R. Rampazzo, Ph. Prugniel 50

Kinematic analysis of Sculptor Group galaxies / R. H. M. Schoenmakers 54

Dynamics of Galaxies in Compact Groups I / C. Mendes de Oliveira, P. Amram 60

Section B. Morphology and Photometric Properties

Two color photometry of dwarf galaxies within 10 Mpc / T. Bremnes 70

Properties of Dust in Giant Elliptical Galaxies: The role of the Environment / P. Goudfrooij 74

The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in Compact Groups / S. D. Hunsberger, J. C. Charlton, D. Zaritsky 81

Observational properties of galaxies in small systems / M. Joeveer 86

Objectively selected samples of galaxy multiplets: an analysis of observed properties / B. Kelm, P. Focardi, G. G. C. Palumbo 90

Deep Optical Imaging of the Compact Group "Seyfert's Sextet" / S. Nishiura 100

On the Verge of Coalescence: a Dusty Group of Galaxies / S. Temporin, R. Weinberger, F. Kerber 107

The Nature of Hickson Compact Group 18 / H. Plana, C. Mendes de Oliveira, Ph. Amram, C. Balkowski 112

Inventory of Galaxy Properties in Small Scale Structures / L. Tanvuia, B. Kelm, P. Focardi, R. Rampazzo, W. W. Zeilinger 116

The fate of dwarf satellite galaxies (or: can we observe soft merging?) / G. Richter, J. Vennik, P. Bohm, M. Capaccioli 121

Vorontsov-Velyaminov' nests: what are they? / A. V. Zasov, V. P. Arkhipova 126

Section C. Cold Gas

Hi Image Synthesis of Southern Compact Groups / B. Babic, R. M. Price, K. Jones 132

Morphological Characteristics of Compact High-Velocity Clouds Revealed by High-Resolution WSRT Imaging / W. B. Burton, R. Braun 136

Small Group Dynamics and Extended Gas / F. Combes 148

Neutral Hydrogen in HCG95 / W. K. Huchtmeier, L. Verdes-Montenegro, M. Yun, A. del Olmo, J. Perea 154

New Dwarf Galaxies in the IC342/Maffei Group / W. K. Huchtmeier, I. D. Karachentsev, V. E. Karachentseva 158

Compact Galaxy Groups in the South / R. M. Price, B. Babic, K. Jones 163

Tracing interactions in HCGs through the Hi / L. Verdes-Montenegro, M. S. Yun, B. A. Williams, W. K. Huchtmeier, A. del Olmo, J. Perea 167

Section D. Hot gas

X-ray Observations of Poor Groups / J. S. Mulchaey 174

The effects of galaxy winds on small galaxy groups / S. F. Helsdon, T. J. Ponman 182

Galaxies and the intergalactic medium in groups / T. J. Ponman, E. Lloyd-Davies, S. F. Helsdon 187

Peculiar X-ray features in bright early-type galaxies / G. Trinchieri 197

Detection of hot plasma around M96 in the Leo-I group / K. Pedersen 202

Section E. Infrared studies

Statistical Properties of the Mid and Far IR Emission in Mixed Morphology (E+S) Pairs of Galaxies / H. M. Hernandez Toledo, D. Dultzin-Hacyan, J. W. Sulentic 203

FIR Infrared Emission as Indicator of Interaction in Hickson Compact Groups / P. Merluzzi, A. A. Shaker, G. Longo 205

Section F. General Properties

Small Galaxy Groups in the Universe / A. Cavaliere 209

Understanding low and high velocity dispersion compact groups / G. A. Mamon 217

Stephan's Quintet: Implications for Compact Groups / J. W. Sulentic 226

The Nature of Compact Groups / H. M. Tovmassian, H. Tiersch, O. Martinez, O. Yam 233

On the Nature of Compact Groups of Galaxies / R. R. de Carvalho 239

Part 3. Numerical Simulations

N-body simulations of interactions and mergings in small galaxy groups / E. Athanassoula 245

Models of the Cartwheel Galaxy / A. Bosma 255

Dynamical explorations of nuclear structures in barred galaxies / J. Anosova, G. F. Benedict 261

Minor Mergers and the Formation of Shell Galaxies / V. Charmandaris, F. Combes 273

Collisional Ring Galaxies in Small Groups / C. Horellou 277

Regular and Chaotic Motion in a Restricted Three-Body Problem of Astrophysical Interest / J. C. Muzzio, F. C. Wachlin, D. D. Carpintero 281

Triplets of Galaxies: Some Dynamical Aspects / H. Aceves 286

A Numerical Experiment of a Triple Merger of Spirals / H. Aceves 291

Binary Galaxy Spin Correlations in Small Galaxy Groups / S. Wiren, M. J. Valtonen, B. Liu 296

Dynamics and Merging in Compact Galaxy Groups / J.-Q. Zheng, M. J. Valtonen, A. D. Chernin, S. Wiren 299

Black hole ejections in mergers of small groups of galaxies / P. Heinamaki, M4. J. Valtonen 304

Evolution of multiple black hole nuclei in merged galaxies / M. J. Valtonen, S. Mikkola, P. Heinamaki 310

Masaai warrior shield: The life time of a three body system / H. J. Lehto, P. Heinamaki, A. D. Chernin, M. J. Valtonen 314

Tidal Perturbation and Active Galaxy Nuclei / G. Byrd, M. J. Valtonen 318

NGC 4622 versus NGC 3081 Disks: Encounter versus Intrinsic Rings / T. Freeman, G. Byrd, D. Ousley 325

Presence and Absence of Outer Rings in Barred Galaxies / P. Rautiainen, H. Salo 330

NGC 7479

the Rosetta stone of minor mergers? / S. Laine 334

Part 4. Stellar Populations and Ages

Age Estimates for Galaxies in Groups / D. A. Forbes, A. I. Terlevich 335

The origin of the multiple stellar arcs / Yu. N. Efremov 339

Galaxies in the M81 Group and IC342/Maffei Complex: The Structure and Stellar Populations / I. Drozdovsky, T. Nikolay 345

Star Formation and Environment in Compact Groups of Galaxies / J. Iglesias-Paramo, J. M. Vilchez 349

Las Campanas Compact Groups: Star formation properties / S. S. Allam 355

Part 5. Dark Matter and Clustering

Dark Matter in Groups and Clusters of Galaxies / J. Einasto, M. Einasto 360

Wide triplets of galaxies / A. D. Chernin, V. P. Dolgachev, L. M. Domozhilova 373

Mass Distribution in Compact Groups / J. Perea, A. del Olmo, L. Verdes-Montenegro, M. S. Yun, W. K. Huchtmeier, B. A. Williams 377

Parameters of the Dark Halo distribution around M 31 / P. Tenjes, J. Einasto 381

Small Satellite Probes of Spiral Galaxies / L. Erickson, S. Gottesman, J. Hunter 385

The connection between dark matter, internal motions and configurational properties of triple galaxies / L. Kiseleva 388

Dark Matter in the Milky Way / C. Flynn 393

Interpretation of Rotation Curves of Giant Galaxies in the Local Group with the Truncated Disk Model: the Milky Way / I. I. Nikiforov, I. V. Petrovskaya, S. Ninkovic 399

Milky Way Rotation Models from Neutral Hydrogen and Molecular Clouds: Galactic Constants, Common Details and Differences / I. I. Nikiforov 403

Deducing the orbit of the radio galaxy 3C 129 / K. Nilsson, M. J. Valtonen, J.-Q. Zheng, G. Byrd, H. Korhonen, M. I. Andersen 408

On the Formation of Small Groups of Galaxies at High Redshifts / W. C. Saslaw 412

Merging galaxies in compact groups: analytical theory / V. M. Kontorovich 423

The evolution of groups and clusters / S. Gottlober, A. Klypin, A. V. Kravtsov, V. Turchaninov 428

Ab Initio Formation of Galaxies, Groups and Large-Scale Structure / A. Diaferio 434

Mass-to-Light Ratio Measurements of Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters using the Numerical Action Method / E. Shaya, P. J. E. Peebles, S. Phelps, R. Brent Tully 445

On the Stability of Homographic N-body Configurations / A. A. Myllari 453

Evidence for dark matter on different scales from the KLUN galaxy sample / M. O. Hanski, P. Teerikorpi, T. Ekholm, G. Theureau, Yu. Baryshev, G. Paturel, P. Lanoix 457.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1583810404

OCLC:

44787754