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astro-ph.GA2016★ 11 cited

The Shape of Dark Matter Haloes IV. The Structure of Stellar Discs in Edge-on Galaxies

S. P. C. Peters, G. de Geyter, P. C. van der Kruit +1

We present optical and near-infrared archival observations of eight edge-on galaxies. These observations are used to model the stellar content of each galaxy using the FitSKIRT sof…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 13 cited

The Shape of Dark Matter Haloes III. Kinematics and Structure of the HI disc

S. P. C. Peters, P. C. van der Kruit, R. J. Allen +1

We present a new strategy for fitting the structure and kinematics of the HI in edge-on galaxies using a fit to the terminal-velocity channel maps of a HI data cube. The strategy c…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 5 cited

The Shape of Dark Matter Haloes II. The Galactus HI Modelling & Fitting Tool

S. P. C. Peters, P. C. van der Kruit, R. J. Allen +1

We present a new HI modelling tool called \textsc{Galactus}. The program has been designed to perform automated fits of disc-galaxy models to observations. It includes a treatment…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 18 cited

The Shape of Dark Matter Haloes, V. Analysis of observations of edge-on galaxies

S. P. C. Peters, P. C. van der Kruit, R. J. Allen +1

In the previous papers in this series, we have measured the stellar and \hi content in a sample of edge-on galaxies. In the present paper, we perform a simultaneous rotation curve…

astro-ph.GA2013

The Shape of Dark Matter Haloes, I. HI Observations of Edge-on Galaxies

S. P. C. Peters, P. C. van der Kruit, R. J. Allen +1

We present neutral hydrogen observations for a sample of eight nearby, late-type, edge-on galaxies. All of the galaxies have been well resolved in the radial direction, while six h…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 4 cited

Atomic Hydrogen produced in M33 Photodissociation Regions

J. S. Heiner, R. J. Allen, P. C. van der Kruit

We derive total (atomic + molecular) hydrogen densities in giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the nearby spiral galaxy M33 using a method that views the atomic hydrogen near regions…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 283 cited

Galaxy Disks

P. C. van der Kruit, K. C. Freeman

The formation and evolution of galactic disks is particularly important for understanding how galaxies form and evolve, and the cause of the variety in which they appear to us. Ong…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 7 cited

A new method for obtaining the star formation law in galaxies

J. S. Heiner, R. J. Allen, P. C. van der Kruit

We present a new observational method to evaluate the star formation law as formulated by Schmidt: the power-law expression assumed to relate the rate of star formation in a volume…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 3 cited

Structure, mass and stability of galactic disks

P. C. van der Kruit

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. N…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 24 cited

The dark matter halo shape of edge-on disk galaxies - I. HI observations

J. C. O'Brien, K. C. Freeman, P. C. van der Kruit +1

This is the first paper of a series in which we will attempt to put constraints on the flattening of dark halos in disk galaxies. We observe for this purpose the HI in edge-on gala…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 66 cited

The dark matter halo shape of edge-on disk galaxies - III. Modelling the HI observations: results

J. C. O'Brien, K. C. Freeman, P. C. van der Kruit

This is the third paper in a series in which we attempt to put constraints on the flattening of dark halos in disk galaxies. For this purpose we need to analyse the observed XV dia…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 19 cited

The dark matter halo shape of edge-on disk galaxies - II. Modelling the HI observations: methods

J. C. O'Brien, K. C. Freeman, P. C. van der Kruit

This is the second paper of a series in which we attempt to put constraints on the flattening of dark halos in disk galaxies. For this purpose, we observe the HI in edge-on galaxie…