Galaxy Masses
S. Courteau (Queens), M. Cappellari (Oxford), R.S. de Jong (AIP), A.A., Dutton (MPIA), E. Emsellem (ESO/Lyon), H. Hoekstra (Leiden), L.V.E. Koopmans, (Groningen), G.A. Mamon (IAP), Claudia Maraston (Portsmouth), T. Treu (UCSB),, L.M. Widrow (Queen's)
TL;DR
This review comprehensively discusses various methods for estimating galaxy masses, including stellar, gas, dark matter, and lensing techniques, highlighting their reliability and applications in understanding galaxy formation.
Contribution
It provides a self-consistent overview of different galaxy mass estimators, comparing their methodologies and reliability, with specific attention to the Milky Way.
Findings
Comparison of mass estimation techniques
Assessment of reliability across methods
Application to Milky Way and other galaxies
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 different 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.
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