Abstract
Galaxy masses play a fundamental role in our understanding of structure formation models. This
review addresses the variety and reliability of mass estimators that pertain to stars, gas, and dark
matter. The dierent sections on masses from stellar populations, dynamical masses of gas-rich and
gas-poor galaxies, with some attention paid to our Milky Way, and masses from weak and strong
lensing methods, all provide review material on galaxy masses in a self-consistent manner.
Keywords: galaxies: dark matter | galaxies: evolution | galaxies: formation
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 145 |
| Journal | Elsevier |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |