The Outer Disks of Nearby Galaxies
This dissertation presents three observational projects designed to characterize the outer disks of nearby galaxies (beyond the optical radius R₂₅). Until very recently, outer disks remained an elusive and poorly-understood component of disk galaxies. We first present a Large Binocular Telescope (LB...
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The University of Arizona.
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202752 |