@inproceedings{17b5a99005ce447690c9e94aafa680cb,
title = "Structure and dynamics of disks in galaxies",
abstract = "One the most cited papers in astronomy is Ken Freeman's 1970 paper on exponential disks in galaxies. In this contribution I review what has been done in this area since then and what we can infer about systematic properties of disks in galaxies from surface photometry, HI synthesis observations and measurements of stellar kinematics. Most disks have radial truncations at 3.6 +/- 0.6 radial scalelengths h(R). Galaxy disk thicknesses h(R)/h(z) = 7.3 +/- 2.2 imply that these disk cannot be {"}maximum disks{"}. I briefly discuss a recent study of the {"}superthin{"} edge-on galaxy IC 5249.",
keywords = "BAND SURFACE PHOTOMETRY, ON SPIRAL GALAXIES, DOMINATED GALAXIES, GALACTIC DISKS, STELLAR KINEMATICS, 3-DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION, MASS-DISTRIBUTION, PARAMETERS, STABILITY, IC-5249",
author = "{van der Kruit}, PC",
year = "2002",
language = "English",
isbn = "1-58381-114-1",
series = "ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE SERIES",
publisher = "ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC",
pages = "7--18",
editor = "GS DaCosta and H Jerjen",
booktitle = "DYNAMICS, STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF GALAXIES",
note = "Meeting on Dynamics, Structure and History of Galaxies ; Conference date: 30-07-2001 Through 02-08-2001",
}