Stacy McGaugh

Low Surface Brightness Spiral Galaxies

Topics to be addressed:

        NUMBERS
 
-  The role of selection effects and isophotal measurement procedures in
        galaxy surveys
-  The number density of spirals as a function of surface brightness
-  Systematic effects in determinations of the local luminosity function
-  Relevance of low surface brightness galaxies to faint galaxy counts
 
        EVOLUTION
 
-  Relevance of low surface brightness galaxies to faint galaxy morphology
-  Gas content and star formation histories of spiral galaxies as a
        function of luminosity and surface brightness
-  Stellar population evolutionary dos and don'ts
 
        DARK MATTER
 
-  Dark matter content as a function of luminosity and surface brightness
-  Requirements imposed on dark matter theories
-  Halo density structure: can exploding galaxies salvage CDM?