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Disk Scale Lengths

Disk Scale Lengths is a structural parameter in galactic astronomy that quantifies the exponential radial decline of stellar or mass density within the Galactic Disk, characterizing the characteristic distance over which the surface brightness or mass density decreases by a factor of e.

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Radial Scale Lengths

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363

HERACLES: THE HERA CO LINE EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEY

Adam K. Leroy, Fabian Walter, Frank Bigiel et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 2009 · 648 citations · Full text

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Star Formation Thresholds and Galaxy Edges: Why and Where

Joop Schaye · The Astrophysical Journal · 2004 · 623 citations · Full text

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Structural parameters for the Galactic dwarf spheroidals

M. Irwin, D. Hatzidimitriou · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1995 · 605 citations

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The Formation of Disk Galaxies

Julianne J. Dalcanton, David N. Spergel, F. J. Summers · The Astrophysical Journal · 1997 · 536 citations · Full text

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FORMING REALISTIC LATE-TYPE SPIRALS IN A ΛCDM UNIVERSE: THE ERIS SIMULATION

Javiera Guedes, Simone Callegari, Piero Madau et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2011 · 534 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. HR
    Hans‐Walter Rix

    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. GD
    G. D. Bothun

    University of Oregon, United States

    8 publications · 619 citations

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  3. OB
    O. Bienaymé

    Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, France

    8 publications · 777 citations

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  4. BG
    Bruce G. Elmegreen

    IBM (United States), United States

    8 publications · 610 citations

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  5. JJ
    Julianne J. Dalcanton

    University of Washington, United States

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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372

  1. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    25 h-index

    47 publications

    8.3K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    44 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

    Tenerife, Spain

    21 h-index

    38 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    16 h-index

    24 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    15 h-index

    35 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

    Victoria, Canada

    14 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    13 h-index

    17 publications

    953 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 137 publications · 14.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    51 publications · 3.9K citations

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 44 publications · 4.5K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    35 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 11 publications · 680 citations

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