Barred Galaxies and Circumnuclear Activity: Proceedings of the NOBEL SYMPOSIUM 98 Held at Stockholm Observatory, Saltsjöbaden, Sweden, 30 November – 3 December 1995

Alar Toomre (auth.), Aage Sandqvist, Per Olof Lindblad (eds.)3540615717, 9783540615712

This collection of articles emerged from the Nobel Symposium 98 that celebrated the centenary of the Nobel Prize as well as the one of the famous Swedish astronomer Bertil Lindblad. Many outstanding scientists contributed to this unique review of the state of the art in barred galaxy research. Theoretical papers describe their evolution, the dynamics as well as fundamental physical effects near their nuclei. Other contributions cover numerical and observational aspects and thus represent a very active area in astrophysics. The centre of our galaxy was also amply dealt with. The collection addresses researchers as well as graduate students.

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Table of contents :
Some historical remarks on Bertil Lindblad’s work on galactic dynamics….Pages 1-5
Formation and evolution mechanisms of barred spiral galaxies….Pages 7-18
Orbits in barred galaxies….Pages 19-41
Secular evolution in barred galaxies….Pages 43-58
The fate of barred galaxies in interacting and merging systems….Pages 59-66
H i in barred spirals….Pages 67-74
H i Observations of a sample of barred spirals….Pages 75-82
Hydrodynamical simulations of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365….Pages 83-90
Evolution of galaxies along the Hubble sequence….Pages 91-100
Rings, lenses, nuclear bars: the fundamental role of gas….Pages 101-123
The barred galaxy NGC 1530….Pages 125-132
A circumnuclear molecular torus in NGC 1365….Pages 133-140
Dynamics of inner galactic disks: The striking case of M 100….Pages 141-150
Dynamical substructures in two nearby galaxy nuclei….Pages 151-156
The spheroidal component of Seyfert galaxies….Pages 157-164
The pattern speed of the Galactic bulge….Pages 165-174
The central Parsec of the Milky Way: Star formation and central dark mass….Pages 175-184
Radio continuum and molecular gas in the Galactic Center….Pages 185-192
The galactic center dynamics….Pages 193-200
Observational evidence for the AGN paradigm….Pages 201-222
Bar triggered nuclear activity and the anisotropic radiation fields of Active Galactic Nuclei….Pages 223-232
Circumnuclear starbursts in barred galaxies….Pages 233-240
Circumnuclear activity….Pages 241-262
Outflows from the nearest barred galaxies….Pages 263-281
The nuclear high excitation outflow cone in NGC 1365….Pages 283-291
Hubble Space Telescope observations of the centers of elliptical galaxies….Pages 293-306