| Type |
Conference Paper |
| Names |
Matthew Bershady, Marc Verheijen, Steven Crawford |
| Proceedings Title |
AIP Conference Proceedings |
| Conference Name |
The Evolution of Galaxies Through the Neutral Hydrogen Window |
| Place |
Melville, NY |
| Publisher |
American Institute of Physics |
| Volume |
1035 |
| Pages |
169-174 |
| Series |
AIP Conference Proceedings |
| Date |
August 1, 2008 |
| Short Title |
Growth and Destruction of Disks |
| URL |
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AIPC.1035..169B |
| Library Catalog |
NASA ADS |
| Abstract |
How large disk galaxies have evolved in, and out of, the blue cloud of
actively star-forming galaxies as a function of environment and time is
an outstanding question. Some of the largest disks become systems like
M31, M33 and the Milky Way today. In denser environments, it appears
they transform onto the red sequence. Tracking disk systems since
z<0.5 as a function H I mass, dynamical mass, and environment should
be possible in the coming decade. H I and optical data combined can
sample outer and inner disk dynamics to connect halo properties with
regions of most intense star-formation, and the gas reservoir to the
consumption rate. We describe existing and future IFUs on 4-10m
telescopes that complement upcoming H I surveys for studying disks at
z<0.5. Multiple units, deployable over large fields-of-view, and with
logarithmic sampling will yield kinematic and star-formation maps and
properties of the stellar populations, resolving the core but retaining
sensitivity to disk outskirts. |
| Tags |
H2 clouds, Infall, Interstellar medium and nebulae in Milky Way, Molecular clouds, Spectroscopy and spectrophotometry, Star formation, accretion, and accretion disks, and dark clouds, dense clouds |