Supplemental Reading

Here are some links to papers of relevance to topics covered in class; reading or at least perusing them is recommended:

• The impact of Hipparcos on the distances and ages of Galactic globular clusters Reid 1997
• High velocity clouds as the building blocks of the local group Blitz et al. 1998
• Galactic Bulges (Ann. Rev. article) Wyse, Gilmore, and Franx 1998
• The Stellar Initial Mass Function Scalo 1997, review
• Star Formation in Galaxies Along the Hubble Sequence Kennicutt 1998, ARAA
• Elliptical Galaxy Dynamics Merritt 1998, review
• The internal Dynamics of Globular Clusters Meylan 1999 review
• Dynamical Friction in Dwarf Galaxies Hernandez and Gilmore 1998
• The Formation of the Milky Way Eggen, Lynden-Bell, and Sandage 1962
• Composition of Halo Clusters and the Formation of the Galactic Halo Searle and Zinn 1978
• Faint Blue Galaxies (includes extensive discussions about galaxy luminosity functions) Ellis, 1997 ARAA
• Dynamics of Interacting Galaxies Barnes and Hernquist 1992 ARAA
• Gasdynamics and Starbursts in Major Mergers Mihos and Hernquist 1996
• Luminous IR Galaxies Sanders and Mirabel 1996 ARAA