Galaxy Masses as Constraints of Formation Models (IAU S311) (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia)

Cambridge University Press, 4/30/2015
EAN 9781107078697, ISBN10: 1107078695

Hardcover, 172 pages, 25.5 x 17.8 x 1.1 cm
Language: English

Bringing together theorists, observers and instrumentation specialists, IAU Symposium 311 provides an overview of the techniques used to measure the masses of stars, gas and dark matter in galaxies, and explores what these mass determinations tell us about galaxy evolution. A key advance in recent years has been the enrichment of studies of the luminosity evolution of galaxies with determinations of their stellar or total masses from dynamical analyses using stellar populations, stellar or gaseous dynamical models, and weak or strong lensing. This volume addresses some of the fundamental questions in the field: what key observables can be robustly reproduced by the models? How should existing and new instrumentation be optimized for galaxy evolution studies? And, what future observations would be most useful to constrain the models? IAU S311 offers a valuable insight into this rapidly developing and interdisciplinary area of study, for researchers and graduate students.

Preface
Local group proper motion dynamics
Mass modelling from stellar streams in the Milky Way
Dark matter inner slope and concentration in galaxies
from the Fornax dwarf to M87
Dynamical mass determinations and scaling relations of early-type galaxies
The outer halos of early-type galaxies
Massive elliptical galaxies
BH scouring or a bottom-heavy IMF?
X-ray measurements of the mass profiles in massive isolated elliptical galaxies
Reconstructing the mass assembly history with kinematics and nuclear light profiles
Connection between dynamically derived IMF normalisation and stellar populations
ATLAS-3D stellar population gradients
Late stages of stellar evolution in population models
Element abundance ratios in stellar population modelling
NaD excess objects and its implications on initial mass function
Scaling laws for dark matter halos in late-type and dwarf spheroidal galaxies
Angular momentum across the Hubble sequence from the CALIFA survey
The stellar mass of M31 as inferred by the Andromeda Optical and Infrared Disk Survey
Galaxy halo masses from weak gravitational lensing
Stellar masses calibrated with micro-lensed quasars MaNGA
Mapping nearby galaxies at Apache Point Observatory
The SAMI galaxy survey
early data release and first science
The KMOS galaxy clusters project
The Dark Halo – spheroid conspiracy reloaded
evolution with redshift
Applying galactic archaeology to massive galaxies using deep imaging surveys
The evolution of the ages and metallicities of massive galaxies since z = 0.7
The growth channel of massive galaxies
Initial mass function for massive galaxies at z ∼ 1
The secret life of galaxies
Kinematic evolution of field and cluster spiral galaxies
The dwarfs beyond
relating stellar and halo mass in dwarf galaxies to z ∼ 1
Author index.