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Galaxy Disks

Galaxy Disks is a structural component of spiral and lenticular galaxies characterized by a flattened, rotating distribution of stars, gas, and dust that distinguishes it from the more spheroidal components such as bulges and halos.

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Galactic Disks

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Galaxy morphology in rich clusters - Implications for the formation and evolution of galaxies

Alan Dressler · The Astrophysical Journal · 1980 · 3.5K citations

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Detailed Structural Decomposition of Galaxy Images

Chien Y. Peng, Luis C. Ho, Chris Impey et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 2002 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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On the Disks of Spiral and so Galaxies

K. C. Freeman · The Astrophysical Journal · 1970 · 2.1K citations

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Secular Evolution and the Formation of Pseudobulges in Disk Galaxies

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2004 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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The Galaxy in Context: Structural, Kinematic, and Integrated Properties

Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, Ortwin Gerhard · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2016 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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  1. BG
    Bruce G. Elmegreen

    IBM (United States), United States

    28 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. KC
    K. C. Freeman

    Australian National University, Australia

    19 publications · 4K citations

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  3. BW
    Benne W. Holwerda

    University of Louisville, United States

    20 publications · 954 citations

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  4. JK
    John Kormendy

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    18 publications · 2.8K citations

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  5. EM
    E. M. Corsini

    University of Padua, Italy

    18 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    50 h-index

    148 publications

    17K citations

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    46 h-index

    177 publications

    13.5K citations

  3. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

    Tenerife, Spain

    45 h-index

    158 publications

    11.6K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    43 h-index

    148 publications

    22.4K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    42 h-index

    190 publications

    14.3K citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    41 h-index

    105 publications

    17.1K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    40 h-index

    189 publications

    35.9K citations

  8. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    99 publications

    7.7K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 588 publications · 61.1K citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 168 publications · 16.4K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    103 publications · 11.1K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    129 publications · 8K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    42 publications · 4.8K citations

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