Mapping the Galaxy and nearby galaxies : [proceedings of a symposium held in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, on june 25-30, 2006

This is a proceedings book of the symposium "Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies" held on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, on June 25 – 30, 2006. The symposium focused on mapping the interstellar media and other components in galaxies. Latest results of the following main topics are presented in the volume: Our Galaxy -- mass distribution, local ISM, supermassive black holes and their environments Central part of nearby galaxies -- ISM around starbursts, fueling mechanisms Nearby Galaxies -- molecular gas and star formation, gas dynamics Galactic environment and evolution -- formation of our Galaxy, origin of supermassive black holes The nature of the Dark Matter component -- effects on the internal structures of galaxies Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii Front Matter....Pages 1-2 Atlas and Catalog of Dark Clouds Based on Digitized Sky Survey I....Pages 3-10 New Views of Molecular Gas Distribution and Star Formation of the Southern Sky with NANTEN....Pages 11-18 Mapping the Milky Way and the Local Group....Pages 19-26 VERA Project....Pages 27-32 Dynamics of Stars in the Inner Galactic Bulge Revealed from SiO Maser Surveys....Pages 33-38 The Physics of Cold Gas in Galaxy Low Excitation Regions....Pages 39-46 Secular Evolution of Disc Galaxies and of their Components....Pages 47-54 Structure and Dynamics of the Old Galactic Components....Pages 55-62 Galactic Magnetic Fields....Pages 63-70 Global MHD Simulations of Galactic Gas Disks....Pages 71-78 Numerical Modeling of the ISM in the Galactic Center and Disks....Pages 79-84 The Warp and Spiral Arms of the Milky Way....Pages 85-90 Front Matter....Pages 91-92 The Parkes Galactic Meridian Survey (PGMS)....Pages 93-98 Mapping Large-scale Magnetic Fields in Giant Molecular Clouds....Pages 99-104 The Shapes and Supersonic Motions of Molecular Clouds....Pages 105-110 Millimeter Dust Continuum Emission as a Tracer of Molecular Gas in Galaxies....Pages 111-116 Mapping Circumnuclear Dust in Nearby Galaxies....Pages 117-124 Star Formation in the Central Regions of Galaxies....Pages 125-132 The Synchrotron Cut-off Frequency of Relativistic Electrons in the Radio Arc and their Acceleration Area....Pages 133-138 The Origin of σ–drops: Mapping Stellar Kinematics and Populations in Spirals....Pages 139-143 Front Matter....Pages 91-92 Star Formation and Molecular Gas in AGN....Pages 144-149 AGN Feeding and AGN Feedback....Pages 150-155 Suzaku Observations of the Galactic Center: The Origin of Highly Ionized Iron Lines....Pages 156-161 Nuclear Spirals in Galaxies....Pages 162-168 Nobeyama CO Atlas of Nearby Spiral Galaxies....Pages 170-177 CO-Line Rotation Curves, Deep Potential of Massive Cores, and High-density Molecular Nuclei....Pages 178-185 Gas Kinematics from the Center to the Outer Disk....Pages 186-193 Gas Flows and Bars in Galaxies....Pages 194-199 Molecular Gas in the Andromeda Galaxy: Properties of the Molecular Clouds....Pages 200-205 Atomic and Molecular Gas in Disk Galaxies....Pages 206-211 The Outer Disks of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 212-218 A Complete CO 2-1 Map of M51 with HERA....Pages 219-224 Mapping of Nearby Galaxies in [CI] 370 μm and CO (7→6) 371 μm....Pages 225-230 Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies....Pages 231-236 Extragalactic Magnetic Fields....Pages 237-244 Galactic Winds....Pages 245-250 Front Matter....Pages 251-252 Ram Pressure Stripping in the Virgo Cluster....Pages 253-260 From Nearby to High Redshift Compact Group of Galaxies....Pages 261-268 The Cosmic Evolution Survey–COSMOS....Pages 269-276 Dynamics of High-z Galaxies....Pages 277-282 Front Matter....Pages 251-252 Coevolution and Downsizing of Supermassive Black Holes and Galactic Bulges....Pages 283-289 Molecular Gas in the Early Universe....Pages 290-295 Galaxy Evolution Viewed as Functions of Environment and Mass....Pages 296-301 Structure of Galactic Dark Halos and Observational Prospects for Identifying the Nature of Dark Matter....Pages 302-306 Front Matter....Pages 307-308 Star Formation Morphology in a Sample of Local Galaxies....Pages 309-309 The External Zones of Spiral Galaxies: Truncations, No Truncations and Antitruncations....Pages 310-310 Tracing Galaxy Evolution in the Field: the UV Emission in Shell Galaxies Mapped by GALEX....Pages 311-311 Star Formation in Nearby Early-Type Galaxies: Mapping in UV, Optical, and CO....Pages 312-312 The Effect of Cosmological Large–scale Structure on the Orientation of Galaxies....Pages 313-313 A Physical Classification Scheme for Disk Galaxies....Pages 314-314 Evolution of dE Galaxies in Abell 496....Pages 315-315 Kinematics and Morphology of Peculiar Virgo Cluster Galaxies....Pages 316-316 The Outskirts of Milky Way....Pages 317-317 Seyferts in 3D: Probing the Kinematic Signatures of Gas Fueling....Pages 318-318 Galaxies with Nested Bars: Constraining Their Formation Scenarios....Pages 319-319 Determination of Pattern Speed and Star Formation Timescale in Nearby Spiral Galaxies....Pages 320-320 Contribution of Gas-rich Low Surface Brightness Galaxies to the Local Universe....Pages 321-321 New Catalogs of Radio Compact HII Regions in the Milky Way....Pages 322-322 Revealing Cosmic Magnetism with the Square Kilometre Array....Pages 323-323 Maps of the Galaxy in HI with GALFA....Pages 324-324 Front Matter....Pages 307-308 TCS-CAIN: NIR Survey of the Galactic Plane....Pages 325-325 Young Stellar Clusters in the Southern Spiral Arm of NGC 2997....Pages 326-326 Gas Feeding to the Galactic Center Region within 10 pc in Our Galaxy....Pages 327-327 Water Maser Sources in the Outer Galaxy....Pages 328-328 Mapping Galactic Magnetism through Faraday Rotation of Polarized Extragalactic Sources....Pages 329-329 H 13 CO + and Thermal SiO Observations of G0.11–0.11; an Extremely Large Column Density Cloud....Pages 330-330 A Possible Detection of CO (J = 3–2) Emission from the Host Galaxy of GRB980425 with the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment....Pages 331-331 Formation of the Comet Cloud by the Galactic Tide....Pages 332-332 Radio–Far-Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution of Young Starbursts....Pages 333-333 GMCs in the Nearby Galaxy IC 342....Pages 334-334 Observations of H 2 O Maser Sources in Nearby Molecular Clouds with VERA....Pages 335-335 A Systematic Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Nuclear Starbursts in Seyfert Galaxies – Implications for an an AGN Fueling Mechanism –....Pages 336-336 Ultraviolet Colours and Dust Properties of Nearby Normal Galaxies....Pages 337-337 Possible Detection of Outer Plasma Around AGN Jets....Pages 338-338 Candidate Streams of the Galactic Globular Clusters....Pages 339-339 Distances to Streams of High Velocity Clouds....Pages 340-340 Atomic Carbon in the Southern Galactic Plane....Pages 341-341 Delectability of Massive Tori in Proto-QSOs with ALMA....Pages 342-342 Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 343-343 The Angstrom Project....Pages 344-344 Front Matter....Pages 307-308 Mid-J CO Emissions from the Star Forming Complexes in the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 345-345 Dust Lanes and Starburst Rings in Barred-spiral Galaxies....Pages 346-346 Molecular Gas and Star Formation in M83....Pages 347-347 Mapping the Inner Boxy Bulge of the Milky Way....Pages 348-348 Revealing the Three Dimensional Structure of the ISM in the Galaxy....Pages 349-349 Effects of a Supermassive Black Hole Binary on a Nuclear Gas Disk....Pages 350-350 The Distribution of Mira Variables in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 351-351 Molecular Bubbles and Outflows in the Edge-on Starburst Galaxies M82 and NGC 2146....Pages 352-352 The Star Formation Properties of HI Selected Galaxies from SINGG....Pages 353-353 Dense Clouds and Star Formation on Spiral Arm in M33 -deep CO and HCN Observation in NGC604-....Pages 354-354 Flux Variability of Sgr A *at Short Millimeter Wavelengths....Pages 355-355 The Feedback Between the Starburst and the ISM in NGC1569....Pages 356-356 CO(3-2) Wide Area Imaging of M 83 with ASTE: Correlation between CO(3-2)/CO(1-0) Ratios and Star Formation Efficiencies....Pages 357-357 Kinematic Aging and Spectral Aging in Young Radio Galaxies....Pages 358-358 A High-velocity [CI] Wing Emission Toward the M17 Molecular Cloud....Pages 359-359 Evaporation of Tiny HI Clouds: Possible Probes of Physical State of the Galactic Gas Disk....Pages 360-360 A Wide Survey in NH 3 Lines of the Central 200 pc Around the Galactic Center with Kagoshima 6 Meter Radio Telescope....Pages 361-361 Inclination Angle of the LMC Disk....Pages 362-362 Three-Dimensional HI and H 2 Gas Maps of the Milky Way Galaxy....Pages 363-363 Radio Continuum and Water Vapor Maser Monitoring Toward the Luminous Infrared Galaxy NGC 6240....Pages 364-364 Front Matter....Pages 307-308 Structure of the Galactic Bulge and Near Infrared Interstellar Extinction Law....Pages 365-365 Si and Fe Depletion in Star-forming Regions Probed by Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 366-366 Simulations of Coevolving Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes....Pages 367-367 Nuclear Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Nearby Early-type Spiral Galaxies....Pages 368-368 Macrolens Toward the Galactic Center....Pages 369-369 Barstrength and Circumnuclear Dust Structure....Pages 370-370 Spatially-Dependent Metal Abundances in M82....Pages 371-371 Anomalous Absorption Towards the Galactic Anticenter: A Blind Search for Dense Molecular Clouds....Pages 372-372 Tidal Disruption of Dark Matter Halos Around Proto-globular Cluster....Pages 373-373 NRO/CSO/ASTE Galactic Plane CO Survey....Pages 374-374 Structure and Kinematics of CO (J=2-1) Emission in the Central Region of NGC 4258....Pages 375-375 Stellar Populations in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 376-376 Nearby Galaxy Imaging with WFGS2 and SIRIUS....Pages 377-377 Radio Atlas of Supernova Remnant at 8.38 GHz....Pages 378-378 HCN and HCO + Imaging of the Antennae Galaxies: Distribution and Evolution of Dense Molecular Gas in a Colliding Galaxy System....Pages 379-379 Kinematics of Molecular Gas in the Bar of Maffei 2....Pages 380-380 A Subaru/Suprime-Cam Survey of the Andromeda Giant Stream: Constraints of the Dwarf Galaxy as the Stream's Progenitor....Pages 381-381 Giant Molecular Association in Spiral Arms of M 31: Evidence for Dense Gas Formation via Spiral Shock Associated with Density Waves?....Pages 382-382 SLUGS: Dust along the Hubble Sequence....Pages 383-383 Beyond the Unified Theory: Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei Driven by Starburst Events....Pages 384-384 Front Matter....Pages 307-308 Water-Vapor Maser Disk at the Nucleus of the Seyfert 2 IC 2560....Pages 385-385 Structure, Evolution and Instability of a Self-gravitating Disk Subject to a Rapidly Rotating Bar....Pages 386-386 Back Matter....Pages 388-392

this Is A Proceedings Book Of The Symposium Mapping The Galaxy And Nearby Galaxies Held In Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, On June 25-30, 2006.

the Symposium Focused On Mapping The Interstellar Media And Other Components In Galactic Disks, Bulges, Halos, And Central Regions Of Galaxies. Thanks To Recent Progress In Observations Using Radio Interferometers And Optical/infrared Telescopes In Ground And Space, Our Knowledge On Structures Of Our Galaxy And Nearby Galaxies Has Been Growing For The Last Decade. Yet We Do Not Fully Understand The Physics Behind The Observational Results, And A Number Of Questions Still Remain: What Is The Origin Of Spiral Structure?; How Should The Global Star Formation Rate Be Determined?; What Causes The Differences Between Our Galaxy And Other Nearby Galaxies?; What Differentiates Galaxies With Starburst/agn Activity From Normal Galaxies?

in The Next Decade, We Will Have Next-generation Instruments, Such As Alma, Jwst, Tmt, Owl, Spica, Etc.. With These Telescopes, Complete Multi-wavelength Data At High Resolution Will Become Available On The Structures In Our Galaxy And Nearby Galaxies. In The Symposium, We Had A Comprehensive Discussion On What Has Been Learned So Far, What Are The Major Outstanding Issues, And How We Can Physically Understand Them.

the Symposium Covers The Following Topics, Mainly Focusing On Mapping Observations And Related Observational And Theoretical Studies: Our Galaxy — Mass Distribution (spiral Arms, Stellar Bar And Halo), Global And Local Ism, Supermassive Black Holes And Its Environment At The Center; Central Part Of Nearby Galaxies — Ism Around Starbursts, Agns, Fueling Mechanism; Nearby Galaxies — Molecular Gas Distribution And Star Formation, Gas Dynamics, Origin Of Starburst; Galactic Environment And Evolution — Formation Of Our Galaxy, Environmental Effect On Galactic Morphology, Origin Of Supermassive Blackholes; The Nature Of The Dark Matter Component And Its Effects On The Internal Structures Of Galaxies.

This is a proceedings book of the symposium "Mapping the Galaxy and nearby Galaxies" held in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, on June 25-30, 2006. The symposium focused on mapping the interstellar media and other components in galactic disks, bulges, halos, and central regions of galaxies. Thanks to recent progress in observations using radio interferometers and optical/infrared telescopes in ground and space, our knowledge on structures of our Galaxy and nearby galaxies has been growing for the last decade. Yet we do not fully understand the physics behind the observational results, and a number of questions still remain: What is the origin of spiral structure?; How should the global star formation rate be determined?; What causes the differences between our Galaxy and other nearby galaxies?; What differentiates galaxies with starburst/AGN activity from normal galaxies? In the next decade, we will have next-generation instruments, such as ALMA, JWST, TMT, OWL, SPICA, etc.. With these telescopes, complete multi-wavelength data at high resolution will become available on the structures in our Galaxy and nearby galaxies. In the symposium, we had a comprehensive discussion on what has been learned so far, what are the major outstanding issues, and how we can physically understand them. The symposium covers the following topics, mainly focusing on mapping observations and related observational and theoretical studies: Our Galaxy mass distribution (spiral arms, stellar bar and halo), global and local ISM, supermassive black holes and its environment at the center; Central part of nearby galaxies ISM around starbursts, AGNs, fueling mechanism; Nearby Galaxies molecular gas distribution and star formation, gas dynamics, origin of starburst; Galactic environment and evolution formation of our Galaxy, environmental effect on galactic morphology, origin of supermassive blackholes; The Nature of the Dark Matter component and its effects on the internal structures of galaxies. In our quest to elucidate the origin of the universe and the formation of galaxies, particularly that of the Milky Way in which we live, astounding progress has been made in recent years through observational and theoretical studies. Not only have gigantic surveys covering a large fraction of the sky brought statistics enlightening evolutionary paths of galaxies, but powerful instruments, such as radio interferometers and ground- and space-based op- cal/infrared telescopes, have been able to map individual objects with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. Yet we do not fully understand the physics behind the observational results, and a number of unsolved problems need to be discussed, such as: What is the origin of disks and spheroids and which form ?rst? What determines the global star formation rate in galaxies? How in?uential are the environment and interactions for nearby galaxies? What causes starburst and AGN activity in galaxies? In order to discuss and make progress on these important questions, aided by recent observational and theoretical work, we organized a symposium en- tled “Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies”, on 26 June - 30 June, 2006, at Ishigaki island. Ishigaki is a tropical resort island located about 1000 km south-west from the main island of Japan and surrounded by a coral reef and beautiful white sand beaches. Ishigaki is also the site of one of the 20 m radio telescopes in the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA) network, which is operated by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.