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Structure, Mass, and Stability of Galactic Disks

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Galaxies and their Masks

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In this review I concentrate on three areas related to structure of disks in spiral galaxies. First I will review the work on structure, kinematics, and dynamics of stellar disks. Next I will review the progress in the area of flaring of Hi layers. These subjects are relevant for the presence of dark matter and lead to the conclusion that disks are in general not “maximal”, have lower M/L ratios than previously suspected, and are locally stable w.r.t. Toomre’s Q criterion for local stability. I will end with a few words on “truncations” in stellar disks.

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Acknowledgements

Ken Freeman is an expert in many area’s of astronomy, but he is in particular known for his research in that of disks of spiral galaxies, and I feel fortunate to have been able to work with him on projects related to that. Many congratulations, Ken, and thanks for all the years of friendship and stimulating collaboration.

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van der Kruit, P. (2010). Structure, Mass, and Stability of Galactic Disks. In: Block, D., Freeman, K., Puerari, I. (eds) Galaxies and their Masks. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7317-7_14

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